A NATION LIKE NO OTHER: Paul Howard

The Mick Clifford Podcast by Irish Examiner

Sep 3, 202657:45News & Politics

What would a united Ireland look like? Could we come up with imaginative solutions that would only cheese off everybody equally? Paul Howard, the creator of Ross O’Carroll Kelly has written a satirical novel set in a gov...

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