I even remembered to thank everybody which, when you have a room of people looking at you, is no mean feat. The speech won’t win any awards, handwritten as it is on some loose pages from a reporter’s notebook. A chunk of it seems to be written in shorthand, which, once upon a time, I was actually good at. But when push came to shove — or, perhaps, vows came to vows — it just wasn’t good enough. * David O'Mahony is Irish Examiner assistant editor and a short story writer and novelist

Source: Irish Examiner March 21, 2026 02:31 UTC