Galway Advertiser 2000/2000_03_23/GA_23032000_E1_025.pdf 

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I was approached a couple of years ago by peo J pie who wanted me to run for election and I would really love to enter politics. What has always stopped me is I was a bit wild in my twenties and led a fairly promiscuous life. I don't regret it or feel sorry about it but I'm afraid I will be judged by people. I keep thinking people will try to dig up anything scan dalous to use against me and this has stopped me from putting my name forward.

N o w a y to treat musicians from outer H e b r i d e s
Dear Editor, I would like to draw your attention to a number of inci dents which I encountered over the St Patrick's Day weekend which says some thing about the way Galway is heading if certain estab lishments here have their way. A number of friends of mine from the south Uist Pipe Band (from the outer Hebrides) were visiting Galway as part of a cultural exchange and had been invit ed to play in the parade. The day after the parade, when we went to listen to one of the local sessions in a well known city centre bar, imme diately on entering the prem ises we were refused service. The three individuals who I was accompanying happened to be wearing their local attire and were carrying a set of bagpipes. These musicians had never stepped inside the door of this pub in their lives and we were refused service on the grounds of "we're only serving locals tonight lads". Not even "you've too much drink taken "because evidently this was not the case. I was left perplexed at this type of treatment which is nothing short of disgrace ful and offensive. I used to have an occasional drink in this pub and as you can imagine this particular dis criminating offence was quite an embarrassment. The day before, they had already been refused entry to a pub a short distance away, where I was having a drink, and which had plenty of space at die time. They also encountered it in a pub in Eyre Square immediately after the parade, having played so well to the people of Galway and from else where. What sort of a per spective does this give our fellow musicians from

John O'Shea, PO Box 19, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin.

hilosophical Austrians
Dear Editor,

Many talk about Austrian politicians those days. Doesnt it make more sense to talk about Austrian philoso phers?
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It would be great, if you could promote this address
'Greetings from Vienna Mag. Birgit Wohlmuth

Scotland coming here to experience the local culture? How can they be allowed : Are you talking about running in a local election or away with offensive behav running for Pope? Nobody is whiter than white and iour and what, in essence, is their problem? I believe the everybody has "a past". If your maiden speech is about way these type of establish the virtues of virginity then you are leaving yourself open ments treat our guests and to exposure by a former lover and you may well be con the image they project is a demned as a hypocrite. If you become really famous you cause of some concern. To run the risk of being the subject of a "kiss-and-tell" be invited to the country and exclusive in the tabloids. There are always risks attached then refused access to where to being in the public eye but politicians weather storms our music takes place I much worse than promiscuous pasts. believe speaks volumes about the type of discrimi nating attitude which per vades this city. I know the treatment they received in : My boyfriend and I work for the same compa other pubs was very welcom ny but we are now going to be working in the ing and embracing but I can same department. I am anxious about this and am only say I was disgusted and seriously considering changing jobs. embarrassed by such carry : That's a bit premature. Try it out for a while and on and I feel people should see how it works. Keep work and personal life sepa be made aware of the behav rate. Don't discuss work at home and don't bring personal iour of certain businesses in stuff to work. It may not be all that different from what the city. has gone on already. Just because you are in the same Yours faithfully. department doesn't mean you have to sing from the same Brian Mc Grath, hymnsheet. Salthill, Galway.

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