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Maurice Hickey: Thank the Beast for that
Maurice Hickey
Operation Transformation ended last week and while Maurice Hickey lost a few pounds, it nearly killed him
28 February 2018 Maurice
Maurice Hickey: Half-truths and tasty tarts
Finding himself as an Operation Transformation ‘leader’ has Maurice Hickey wondering if it’s really worth all the hardship and bother.
7 February 2018 Maurice
Minus craic January
At this time of year everyone is on a diet, not drinking, exercising or using other ways to torture themselves, writes Maurice Hickey
Throes of a medieval plague
The flu has fallen on Kildicken. Such is the affliction in the area that one would almost need to mark the doors where the flu has struck, as they did in the Middle Ages, writes Maurice Hickey
24 January 2018 Maurice
Queuing is a fact of life nowadays
Whether it's for a cup of tea, to post a letter or to buy some bread, these days you won't get anything done without first standing in a queue. And that is the sad fact of life, writes Maurice Hickey
10 January 2018 Maurice
Operation restoration and post-Christmas blues
The minute the festive season is over, we all turn to talk of cutting back, health binges, diets and marathons. This is putting Maurice Hickey in a bad mood already
27 December 2017 Maurice
Maurice Hickey: Late retirement
As Maurice Hickey begins to plan his glorious retirement from the Council, his dreams are thrown off course
13 December 2017 Maurice
Maurice Hickey: Call for a ceasefire
As Maurice Hickey settles into his more mature years, he realises that there are some battles our ancestors were better at winning – and others that should be avoided altogether.
29 November 2017 Maurice
Thinkin’ outside the box
Ah, the mysteries of life and death. The question of mortality can really bring one to the edge of things, writes Maurice Hickey following more than the one shocking revelation
15 November 2017 Maurice
Maurice is back – and busy dishin’ the dirt
After being neighbourly lands Maurice Hickey in trouble, it’s only fair he returns the favour
18 October 2017 Maurice
Lifestyle changes in more ways than one
The Mother’s checkup with the doctor reads like a bad NCT result – a long list of repairs and adjustments to be done
4 October 2017 Maurice
'It took two gay men to straighten you'
An innocent invitation to dinner ended up with the Mother in a rather delicate situation
20 September 2017 Maurice