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Agony aunt Anglela MacNamara piles on the agony, Women’s Way, 1967.

Speaking last year, Angela, now 81, recalled:

“In those days, there were unspoken rules about what you could and couldn’t discuss in a newspaper — especially to do with sex. Quite a few people enclosed stamped addressed envelopes asking for confidential advice. One of the most common questions I got was: ‘What is a sin?’
“People wanted black and white answers to their problems, but they didn’t get them because there are no black and white answers. Instead, I just tried to get people to think for themselves.”

Quite.

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Angela MacNamara: ‘Thousands Of Pounds Fell From One Letter I Opened’ (Irish Independent, October 24, 2012)

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This Sunday is St Patrick’s Day,
You can go out and march, or just pray,
For the man who blessed lakes,
And got rid of our snakes,
Just stay out of New York if you’re gay.

John Moynes

Pic: Stephen Farrell on Fifth Avenue, March 17, 2012.

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