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AT a university reunion in England in May, one of my former basketball team mates, who is from the US, asked my advice on where to visit during his trip to Ireland this August.
ON the afternoon of last week’s ‘glorious’ Twelfth, I found myself on a guided cycle tour of the beautiful Basque city of Donostia San Sebastián, close to the French border in northwest Spain.
MY son and I were heading across the Westlink towards the M2 last week when he
asked me about a very impressive building that looms large as you come over the
brow of the hill at Carlisle Circus.
ONE of the things that some people in business didn’t miss during the pandemic
is events - launches, business breakfasts, awards ceremonies, staff socials etc.
THREE months ago this Thursday, myself and one of my colleagues from work spent an interesting morning in Áras Uí Chonghaile, the James Connolly Visitor Centre on the Falls Road.
IN 1957, in the city of Milwaukee, a family business owner called Bob Nourse
brought a group of business people together from non-competing companies to seek
their advice.
ONE of the things I’ve really enjoyed being involved with over the last five years is the Saffron Business Forum, a membership network where the proceeds support Antrim GAA.
ON this very day last year, I was issued with my discharge letter and I left University College London Hospital after a week in one of its Covid wards.