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Roddy Doyle

Brown-Eyed Boy: Chapter VII

Last update: 11:10 | 01.07.14 | © Metro Éireann

The Garda and HSE raided an empty house.

Brown-Eyed Boy by Roddy Doyle Chapter III

Last update: 03:04 | 01.03.14 | © Metro Éireann

They were a remarkable couple, Conor and Deirdre. A real couple – a team. They could get through a long working day, spend quality time with their four children, feed the family without opening a can, get the kids to bed with 20 minutes good reading per

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Brown-Eyed Boy by Roddy Doyle Chapter II

Last update: 02:29 | 01.02.14 | © Metro Éireann

Two weeks before the Hyundai Accent parked outside Conor and Deirdre’s house, a group of men and women who must all remain anonymous met in a room deep inside a Government department which must remain unnamed.The middle-aged man at the top of the

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Brown-Eyed Boy by Roddy Doyle Chapter I

Last update: 18:11 | 15.12.13 | © Metro Éireann

Conor and Deirdre had managed it. They’d got through the past five years and they’d held on to the house, to their jobs, cars, even the marriage. These were things they’d seen friends and family lose.

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Celebrity Manager By Roddy Doyle

Last update: 13:05 | 01.08.13 | © Metro Éireann

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Celebrity Manager by Roddy Doyle

Last update: 16:03 | 01.07.13 | © Metro Éireann

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Celebrity Manager by Roddy Doyle

Last update: 10:51 | 01.06.13 | © Metro Éireann

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Celebrity Manager by Roddy Doyle

Last update: 12:21 | 01.05.13 | © Metro Éireann

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Celebrity Manager

Last update: 13:03 | 29.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

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Celebrity Manager

Last update: 11:19 | 06.03.13 | © Metro Éireann

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Celebrity Manager

Last update: 16:44 | 07.02.13 | © Metro Éireann

The Booker Prize winner continues his exclusive new story Celebrity Manager

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Celebrity Manager

Last update: 06:20 | 18.12.12 | © Metro Éireann

JOE WAS exhausted by the time he got back up to his flat. There were the stairs. He could man- age them but they were hard work. And there was the chat with the kids. He’d for- gotten how tiring listening to children could be.

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Old Folks by Roddy Doyle - Chapter 8

Last update: 00:51 | 01.09.12 | © Metro Éireann

‘You are going to a party?’ said Dariya’s husband, Bogdan. ‘Yes,’ said Dariya.She was standing in front of their mirror, trying to decide if her scarf was right for the occasion, or very wrong.‘With a man?’

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Old Folks by Roddy Doyle

Last update: 15:33 | 01.08.12 | © Metro Éireann

Old Folks by Roddy Doyle

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Old Folks by Roddy Doyle

Last update: 14:37 | 01.07.12 | © Metro Éireann

Old Folks by Roddy Doyle

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Old Folks by Roddy Doyle - Chapter 4

Last update: 13:21 | 01.05.12 | © Metro Éireann

It was cold this morning, a cold that reminded Dariya of winters at home – but damper. Her fingers were numb. She had difficulty getting the Chubb key into the lock. She had difficulty holding the key. She felt like a small child, a toddler.

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Old Folks by Roddy Doyle - Chapter 2

Last update: 15:01 | 01.03.12 | © Metro Éireann

Dariya’s key ring was heavy, too bulky for a pocket. It had her key, and the keys of the four houses she visited during the week. There were Union keys and Chubb keys, her loyalty cards and the gym membership card that she could no longer afford.She

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Old Folks by Roddy Doyle - Chapter 1

Last update: 16:58 | 01.02.12 | © Metro Éireann

She had to go to four houses every day. They were not far apart but, even so, it was difficult to do this, to be finished in time to get to the school in time to meet Bogdan as he came out. She worried that she would be delayed, that one of the old people

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