Belle of the Ball The senior granddaughter peering into the present at the Crystal Ball of Newcastle (Norn Iron) This feature is the centrepiece of the post modern promenade which has transformed a tacky scruffy seaside tripper destination into the Queen of the Irish Watering Places. Of course the rest of the fecal matter has yet to be completely moved from the said water before the place can get back its Blue Flag status. And that will not happen until something is done about the sewerage treatment centre down at the harbour which at present has the technology merely to caress crap before encouraging the residue to seep into Dundrum Bay. That was 1970s technology for you. If any remaining men of violence could put a bomb under it, putting it beyond use, that would do us all a favour.
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