Motors

I didn’t know John, I would have loved to have had a chat with him, but sadly that never happened.…

“It was built with a single block-but a good block”, this may sound like a present day saying but it’s…

I failed my theory test, the one you do on your journey to prepare for your driving test, and yet…

The old gate is still there on the Port Road. Like the house with a plaque on the front of…

From the 2nd week in December to the 2nd week in January we will be steps, the four of us,…

We were all up in the good sitting room on Saturday evening, an old tradition remembered from the past when…

“You’ll be doing something on the Fiesta coming to an end.” “Sure the fiesta closed years ago.” “Not that dance…

A week before the time changes and we lose an hour of daylight before the evenings close in, two letters…

The high ditched laneway is still there and the view across to Kirkstown is much the same but everything else…

It’s that time again when the dark evenings are rolling in, the weather gets that bit more miserable and road…

By Brian McDaid  The train will pull out in time for Christmas as it has always. Rising to cross over…

At just 13 years of age they were all racing around the track in Aghadowey at the start of their…

“They said to leave a message. Well sure, leave a message’ Am.. Hello Brian , it’s Bida here…… we’re just…

As soon as The Dance piano intro started, some girls that had been yapping for much of the night behind…

It was a case of wet-wet-wet for day one of the Knockalla Hillclimb as it celebrated its 50th Birthday on…

‘You’re young Doherty – Paddy’s son, were you looking about joining the Fire Brigade? I was. What size Wellington do…

Three years on I imagined it would be a bit different. Back on St Patrick’s Weekend in 2019, I drove…

Motoring Columnist Brian McDaid shares his fond memories of Belfast rally driver Paddy Hopkirk, who passed away this week aged…

I could smell two Minis up ahead. They branched off at the roundabout to head around the bypass.  I knew then…

We’re home. The rally sticker is now up on the garage window. It will fade as time goes by but…