Maurice O'Brien

Last updated: 31st December, 2009 10:00am

Cheque out the cheek of banking cheats

by Maurice O'Brien

DESPITE the massive dig-out we've given them over the past year or so, it's not every day your bank owes you money.

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Last updated: 24th December, 2009 02:00pm

Snow prep was hardly a military operation

by Maurice O'Brien

THROUGH the Stygian gloom of late Sunday afternoon a ghostly apparition appeared in the headlights, forcing me to take evasive action.

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Last updated: 17th December, 2009 10:00am

Lack of legal muscle behind Chilcot - a blessing in disguise

by Maurice O'Brien

THE major misgivings surrounding the Chilcot inquiry are its lack of legal muscle and the guarantee that nobody will get nailed at the end of it. But perhaps that's the beauty of it.

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Last updated: 10th December, 2009 09:00am

Wake up in a straitjacket - you're about to be left out in the cold

by Maurice O'Brien

ONE consolation for the ever decreasing number of psychiatric hospital beds is that it prevents our rulers using them as a penal threat.

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Last updated: 3rd December, 2009 10:00am

The stuff bridges - and engineers - were made of

by Maurice O'Brien

AS A Royal Engineer's son, the highlight of long summer holidays was having the run of various army camps; and open days.

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