The British and Irish governments had set up a 'Victim's Commission' to 'listen' to victims of 'the Troubles'. My organisation provided the setting for an important meeting between the victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The British had designated a knight of the Realm to listen and make a report, much like most reports that are commissioned with great fanfare and at great expense and forgotten a week after publication. I was working in …showed first 75 words of 1000 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1000 total…sitting in the visitor's gallery while Parliament was in session. Finally my boss came to help take them off my hands. But wait a minute, where was Thomas? A quick glance around found him being carted off by two gardai. After five minutes of cajoling the boss was able to retrieve the delinquent who happened to have taken a piss right outside the Parliament onto the street. Such represented the future of a troubled island.