Dubai, Las Vegas, the Gold Coast. Plastic places for plastic people.
When I heard about that lad from Enniskerry who is a kicker for the Green Bay Packers, that his family had moved to Palm Springs, California, I did a Google Street View tour of Palm Springs because why not. I’d say living there feels like being dead.
Someone from Galway got in big trouble a while back in one of the gulf states for falling pregnant. Went to the hospital (with her partner) for a scan and got locked up.
A colleague of herself got in a minor road incident with a local and got banged up for six months because the local said he gave him an up yours sign. He swears he didn’t.
Partner was South African. He repeatedly tried to break her arm by slamming it in a doorway. Drink was taken and she went upstairs to try and take her own life. Attempted suicide is a crime in Dubai and she was charged with that. I don’t believe the partner was charged with anything.
This is it like, the girl has attempted suicide (so I’ve heard) in recent days and now she’s released into this, RTÉ like vultures at the airport, leave her the fuck alone, she doesn’t want this scrum, job done, let her on with her life