'As Maestro Micheál launched into the final movement of his Leaders’ Questions concerto, it was like André Previn had never left us,' writes Miriam Lord
All eyes were on that hand – the backbench bassoons and the brass neck section, watching that swirling finger as it sliced through the air as he explained the problems faced by young buyers.
But he has a tune to play too and he’s been flogging it mercilessly for months now. It’s to do with rural transport and garda checkpoints. Why the elderly have to fear garda checkpoints is a mystery, unless the pensioners of rural Ireland have been in the habit of driving around buckled all the time and are now annoyed that they might be caught. Unlikely.
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