People generally have a hazy understanding of the availability of alcohol in Qatar. For certain there is no availability of alcohol without a liquor licence. Even then it is only available in one windowless outlet in the whole of Qatar. Queue cans be long, prices can be double what they are in Ireland, but in…
So I’m standing at the counter in the chemist, picking up a few bits and pieces, 600ml of Paediatric Nurofen (Orange Flavour), 800ml Calpol (Original, please), 24 sachets of Dioralyte, Paralink, 36 sachets of teething granules, 6+ Calpol Fastmelts, 24 Uniflu, anything for mosquitos on special offer, 48 pack of Nurofen Plus, 48 Soluble Solpadeine,…
There aren’t too many times in my life that I have been embarrassed to be Irish but being assumed to be a beer lovin’ Paddy that enjoys nothing more than a pint and a fight on Paddy’s Day is one of them. Ashamed of the paddywhackery that seems to the have framed the essence of Irishness is…
Three weeks into our expatriation to Doha and the novelty of clean living is wearing off. It’s ironic that during these first weeks of trying to make a home on the peninsula off Saudi Arabia where you need a licence to buy alcohol in the off-licence, that there was never a time that the…
Born into a society that sells alcohol in every local convenience shop and supermarket, every day of the week and that also has designated alcohol stores, like, party shops, wine retailers and of course the run of the mill off-license, it can feel a little like strange living in Doha and not having the same…
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