Ramshorn Republic

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Martin McMahon. Ramshorn Republic

Chapter One. The Game

Chapter Two. Stonewalled

Chapter Three. Only In Ireland

Chapter Four. Ringers

Chapter Five. A Long Story

Chapter Six. Cold, Cold Christmas

Chapter Seven. Social Welfare Appeals Office

Chapter Eight. The Appeal

Chapter Nine. The Employment Status Group

Chapter Ten. Going Postal

Chapter Eleven. To Hell or the High Court

Chapter Twelve. A Level Pitch

Chapter Thirteen. Employment Appeals Tribunal Decision

Chapter Fourteen. The Truth, the Whole Truth

Chapter Fifteen. The Circuit Court

Chapter Sixteen. Ringers Again

Отрывок из книги

September 2000

It rained and it rained and it rained. My wet gear had given up trying after the first hour. I was soaked through three layers, soaked through to the skin. Rivulets of chilled rainwater found a way past my helmet and rolled down the back of my neck. I shivered and twisted the throttle back a fraction. The rear wheel spun for a second in the river of rubbish, filth and rainwater that flowed down Shelbourne Road. I eased off a little and watched a car plough straight through the stinking oily pool that had gathered under the railway bridge on South Lotts Road. A wave of backwash flowed over my boots leaving a ketchup stained burger wrapper stuck to the bottom of the front forks, the next wave washed it away.

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August 1997

“Where's Hollis lane?” I asked the receptionist at the front desk in Hollis Street Hospital.

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