So my R plates come down in just over two weeks. Big whoop I know. Some people reading this column have been driving for years and will be thinking ‘so what?’
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Back to the future for late addition to our roads
I passed my driving test in February. While many people reading this will have passed their test years ago and will wonder what the big deal is, to someone who had previously travelled all over the country via the magic of buses, taxis and even once in the back of a Transit van complete with no seats (long story), suddenly being in control of my own vehicular destiny was a big deal.
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Squinter@squinteratnWay till bed knowing that 48-mile round trip to Barcelona for me last summer was €15. Central to Balmoral one-way for my daughter was €126 hours ago28 June 2017
Squinter@squinteratn£8 each to Balmoral? After a concert? That is literally beyond belief. The guy behind the glass apologised ffs6 hours ago28 June 2017
Squinter@squinteratnFer Christ's sake @Translink_NI check out Europe - just picked my daughter and her partner up from Central after Green Day concert 1/26 hours ago28 June 2017
Anthony Neeson@NeekyatnRT @electionlit: Beats your regular "Public Meeting" ..presume the Pizza is free pic.twitter.com/gyYNAmOxX68 hours ago28 June 2017
Anthony Neeson@NeekyatnRT @davidmcw: The NI subvention is approx 3% of ROI GDP - easily absorbed- but like East Germany there'd be a timetable for NI to become so…8 hours ago28 June 2017
Anthony Neeson@NeekyatnRT @johnmcdonnellMP: Tories and DUP just voted together to oppose Labour's policy to give emergency and public service workers a fair pay r…9 hours ago28 June 2017
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Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21Deluxe editions are always worth the extra money. The original demo of @soundgarden anthem Spoonman is epic! pic.twitter.com/AqIQ2DZQ8q11 hours ago28 June 2017
Gerard Mulhern (PG)@puntersgRT @trevorbmbagency: DUP MPs return to Belfast.. pic.twitter.com/WGDLbF0O8W11 hours ago28 June 2017
Gerard Mulhern (PG)@puntersgSome poor punter lost £20 on the floor in a local Ladbrokes. Is it yours? PM me pitch and time you lost it.🤓12 hours ago28 June 2017
Gerard Mulhern (PG)@puntersgROGER ALERT...
We know what Moore has turned up at Kempton...12 hours ago28 June 2017
Evan Short@evansmsWikipedia gives a bit of insight into how our negotiations go. This on the St Andrews Agreement of 2006 #deadlines… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…18 hours ago28 June 2017
Andersonstown News@ATownNewsRT @FeileBelfast: Question: what does #Boyzone + #Westlife + #Feile17 =? Answer: @boyzlifetour at @TheDevenish on 4 Aug! #DoTheMaths https:…18 hours ago28 June 2017
Andersonstown News@ATownNewsRT @puntersg: Deadline Day at the @ATownNews and this week's paper will be hitting shops tonight. Just some of the local images making the…21 hours ago28 June 2017
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Andersonstown News@ATownNewsRT @cohcfc: What a team being assembled by @Ray_Ginley and @DeeWaldoWalsh
3 fights in the next month for their #IBA gym
Fair play lads…1 day ago27 June 2017
Conor McParland@cmcparland91Welsh Champions @tnsfc lose first leg of their #UCL tie to @EuropaFC_Gib of Gibraltar....1 day ago27 June 2017
Conor McParland@cmcparland91June 27th
2014 WC Germany 4-1 England
2016 EC England 1-2 Iceland
2017 U21s Germany beat England on penalties.
Talk about a cursed date!1 day ago27 June 2017
Evan Short@evansmsRT @squinteratn: Times sketch today by Patrick Kidd. Nothing to worry about. The rigorous impartiality has begun pic.twitter.com/LMCuy0pzey2 days ago27 June 2017
Evan Short@evansmsRT @NorthBelfastNew: As readers of the North Belfast News know @belfastcc has a track record with loyalist bonfire material. This from 2015…3 days ago26 June 2017
Andersonstown News@ATownNewsRT @cathal_brugha: Letter from Daithi Mac Adhaimh, published in todays @ATownNews, shows that the #floatingfloor problem hasn't gone away y…3 days ago26 June 2017
North Belfast News@NorthBelfastNewAs readers of the North Belfast News know @belfastcc has a track record with loyalist bonfire material. This from 2… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…3 days ago26 June 2017
Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21RT @JOE_co_uk: When you finally find that magic money tree... pic.twitter.com/OBYHlUL7R33 days ago26 June 2017
Evan Short@evansmsRT @faisalislam: ... top of the list is £200m for the York St interchange between the M2, M3 and the Westlink: youtu.be/roQUI1w0HWY ...3 days ago26 June 2017
North Belfast News@NorthBelfastNewYork Street Interchange Project specifically mentioned in DUP Tory deal document.3 days ago26 June 2017
Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21Football Qualifier draw: Wexford v Monaghan, Westmeath v Armagh, Carlow v Leitrim, Cavan v Tipperary3 days ago26 June 2017
Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21Hurling Qualifier draw: Dublin v Laois, Kilkenny v Limerick, Offaly v Waterford, Tipperary v Westmeath3 days ago26 June 2017
Paddy Tierney@PaddyTierney21RT @MallowNews: Dublin's new press officer takes questions from the media #DUBvWES pic.twitter.com/COAfb0If6V3 days ago25 June 2017
Evan Short@evansmsRT @trevorbirney: Important questions raised here. A truly real understanding of journalism is found in local newspapers. https://t.co/Zlno…3 days ago25 June 2017
North Belfast News@NorthBelfastNewFull house in @HolyCrossBoys #Ardoyne for the Leaver Awards ceremony #NorthBelfast pic.twitter.com/Gdb3CZLHp86 days ago23 June 2017
North Belfast News@NorthBelfastNewThis week's #FRONTPAGE full coverage of #BOTN17 inside also! pic.twitter.com/f99tCWAQLc7 days ago22 June 2017
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David Mohan@DavidMohan99I've said it once and I'll say it again, #FightGame - what a show1 week ago20 June 2017
North Belfast News@NorthBelfastNewThe Parades Commission deemed the parade 'sensitive' but it passes Elmfield peacefully and without incident pic.twitter.com/7BbWbPHMA61 week ago20 June 2017
North Belfast News@NorthBelfastNewLow key police presence as mini 12 passes Elmfield pic.twitter.com/zh9nqEGinT1 week ago20 June 2017
David Mohan@DavidMohan99Into the flyweight quarters goes @weerooster who wins by UD and also joins Sean McComb at the Worlds in late summer #IrishBoxing1 week ago19 June 2017
David Mohan@DavidMohan99Congrats to @sugarseantl who advances to the quarter-finals at the European Championships on a SD1 week ago19 June 2017
David Mohan@DavidMohan99RT @RTEsoccer: Celtic will play Linfield or La Fiorita in the second round of Champions League qualifying.1 week ago19 June 2017
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BMGsport@BMG_sport‘Hylo’ scores stunning victory
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