Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
Tripping Along The Ledge
south william
“Got any… You know… New Year’s resolutions… There yourself?”
I’m staying off the cigarettes, I tell him.
He stares into space. Time passes. Empires rise and fall. Species evolve and become extinct. Then he speaks.
“But you don’t smoke,” he replies. Deadpan. Read the rest of this article here.
Published: Evening Herald, January 2010SOUTH WILLIAM
South William Street, Dublin 2
It’s Saturday night in South William and my almost-long-lost school friend Gerry the Bonnet is offering crash course reminder of why we drifted apart in the first place.
Suffering mother, how had I forgotten? He’s the most boring man in Ireland. Christ, you could drive a bus through some of the gaps in those sentences.
“I told the girlfriend… Tracy…. Tracy is the girlfriend,” he drones.
I know. Read the rest of this entry »