Car trouble has to be just about the last thing anyone wants to entertain on any day of the week, especially on the day when you’re travelling from Abu Dhabi to Dubai with two teenagers, one toddler, three headaches and the feeling that you’re going to be late. It’s an unspoken rule in Ireland that…
Red tape may be the single most thing I abhor in everyday life. From the age of eighteen, each new liberating experiences is doused in protocol, suffocated by form filling and smothered in red tape. Being in my twenties in the noughties in Ireland meant I was born into a society where it was easier…
None. That would be an accurate description of the road user’s etiquette Qatar. With an accident happening every 30 minutes in Doha, it’s a minefield and every time you make it home from the supermarket in one piece you should drop to the floor and give thanks to the Almighty or perhaps, Allah, as he…
Before coming to Qatar I had arranged for a temporary International Driving License, I just produced my Irish License to the office on South Mall, paid a nominal amount, and received the international driving license, valid for 6 months. Now that six months had nearly expired, it was compulsory now for me to obtain a…
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