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Roddy Doyle's The Bandstand - Chapter 7

Last update: 07:47 | 01.01.09 | © Metro Éireann

He doesn’t tell Kasia the good news. He can’t. He wants to – but he can’t. He sits in front of the screen. The work on the site is almost complete. This is true, although he has only worked there for two days, so far. There is no talk

The Bandstand - Chapter 6

Last update: 05:38 | 04.12.08 | © Metro Éireann

The two millionaires spend the day filling a skip. The apartment block is almost complete so, while €3,750,000 waits for them in the Lotto headquarters, Jerzy and Filip carry half-emptycement bags and pieces of unwanted timber from the apartments.

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Roddy Doyleâ€™s The Bandstand

Last update: 00:00 | 04.09.08 | © Metro Éireann

At the first site gate, he is answered with a shaking head – no work here – before he has time to ask the question. At the next gate, it is the same story.

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The Bandstand - Chapter 2

Last update: 00:00 | 07.08.08 | © Metro Éireann

He hides his tent and sleeping bag, and his bag of clothes. It is raining, and cold. He feels very stiff. He imagines that being old is something like this. He must walk a while before he can feel loose and young again.

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The Bandstand

Last update: 00:00 | 03.07.08 | © Metro Éireann

Chapter 1 “So now, ladies and gentlemen, we’ve turned off Parkgate Street and we’re heading into the Phoenix Park, the biggest enclosed park in Europe. Dublin’s playground, you might say...

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