Roddy Doyle

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.

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

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

Roddy Doyle's SHAM - Chapter Ten

Last update: 13:13 | 15.11.11 | © Metro Éireann

Brigita doesn’t actually slap us. She thumps us. Girls who haven’t been trained to thump should stick to slapping.

Roddy Doyle's SHAM -Chapter Nine

Last update: 10:01 | 15.10.11 | © Metro Éireann

I shoot the Aislings. That is, I film them as they join the queue in Penney’s and smile at a black woman in front of them.

Roddy Doyle's SHAM - Chapter Seven

Last update: 19:29 | 15.08.11 | © Metro Éireann

We’re on O’Connell Street, and Brigita, my partner – I love that word – has just given the two Aislings ten euro each and told them to spend it in the shop that’s parked and waiting right behind them, Penney’s.

Roddy Doyle's SHAM - Chapter Six

Last update: 22:08 | 15.07.11 | © Metro Éireann

Myself and Brigita are in the kitchen, planning Episode 3 of I’m Irish, Get Me Out Of Here, when the bell rings.

Roddy Doyle's SHAM - Chapter Five

Last update: 11:31 | 16.06.11 | © Metro Éireann

So, Aislings 1 & 2 are well on their way to being Latvian. They’re loving it. And so are we. ‘We’ are the series creators, yours truly and Brigita, the team behind I’m Irish, Get Me Out Of Here. And we’re happy because we have

Roddy Doyle's SHAM - Chapter Four

Last update: 16:28 | 15.05.11 | © Metro Éireann

So, there you have it – as the oldies say. We’re up and running. We’ve told the Aislings they’ll be on telly, so they’re standing there, trying not to look as if the camera’s on them. It is – I’m holding it and

Roddy Doyke's SHAM - Chapter 3

Last update: 13:36 | 01.05.11 | © Metro Éireann

Brigita doesn’t sit up. She doesn’t have to. She never slumps or slouches. But it looks like she’s just sat up, all set for the argument.

Roddy Doyle's SHAM - Chapter Three

Last update: 21:10 | 15.04.11 | © Metro Éireann

Brigita doesn’t sit up. She doesn’t have to. She never slumps or slouches. But it looks like she’s just sat up, all set for the argument.

Roddy Doyle`s The Hens

Last update: 13:26 | 06.05.10 | © Metro Éireann

Chapter Eight She slipped the balaclava over her head. She had just heard the door downstairs being opened, and closed. Darren, her boyfriend, was on his way up. Felicja counted his steps. He was very close now to their apartment door. Felicja

Roddy Doyle's The Hens

Last update: 13:31 | 01.04.10 | © Metro Éireann

Chapter Seven Looking back a few hours later, Felicja wondered if she had actually witnessed what she knew she had witnessed.

Roddy Doyle's The Hens

Chapter Six –You’re Polish, Felicja, said Dee. –Aren’t you? –Yes, Dee, said Felicja. –I am Polish. –So, you don’t mind killing animals. Felijia shrugged.

Roddy Doyle's The Hens - Chapter Two

The woman returned to the house at about 3pm. She didn’t come out to the garden, where she’d left Felicja. Felicja sat in a damp deckchair and texted her boyfriend – BoredX – and occasionally counted the chickens. Then she looked up and

Roddy Doyle's Local Chapter 8: The Count

Chidimma Agu (FF) took real pleasure in the sight of her face at the top of the ballot paper. She showed it to Kelechi and Anuli.

Roddy Doyle’s LOCAL Chapter 5: The Debate

The dog was sweet but not an asset when it came to persuading the people of Mulhuddart to vote for Chidimma Agu (FF). So the family kept the dog and gave him a name, Biffo, but he stayed in the back garden, barking at the grass, when Chidimma went out canvassing.

Roddy Doyle's Local Chapter 3: The Angle

–Look at me, said Chidimma Agu to the Minister for Trade and Communications.Chidimma’s kitchen was warm and the Minister was drunk – her eyes had begun to close.

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