It can be wonderful, exasperating, wasted, and sometimes a cruel bastard pummeling you with boxing gloves made of granite. Indeed, when Twin 2’s cohort was asked during the ceremony if they rejected Satan and all that jazz, they forgot to answer. So he’s forming his own world view, probably influenced by his voracious reading of history and, one suspects, respawning during games. I’m some ways from retirement yet, but the last couple of years have brought some milestones that, somewhere in the back of my head, I probably thought were a long way off yet. David O’Mahony is the Irish Examiner’s assistant editor, a short story writer, and a novelist

Source: Irish Examiner March 07, 2026 01:31 UTC