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It would have been some time in the summer of 1985. My brother Paul was still living in Dublin with Josephine who later became his wife.  We were over in Ireland to see them. Two or three days in Dublin before moving over to County Clare on the west coast. Quite a lot of Paul's working life was devoted to pest control. In London, he had worked for Rentokil before doing the same in Saudi Arabia. Next he moved on to a much smaller Irish company, mostly working on farms or within commercial properties. They had a contract with the famous brewers - Guinness. In one of the oldest parts of the brewery, pigeons were becoming an issue in the roof space. Paul's company had been brought in to get rid of them. The night before Paul had been up there laying poisonous bait. He had invited me to go back with him and had full official permission for the return visit. That roof space was above a vast warehouse area that was now totally empty with just a couple of strip lights ha...

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