Monthly Archives: October 2013

Paschal and Samantha Investigate: Season 3

More storylines featuring Ireland’s most unusual husband-and-wife detective duo. 1. WHEN THERE’S A MURDER IN THE MONTH When Paschal agrees to pose nude for the Private Detectives’ Charity Calendar, he becomes the target for a sadistic killer, who is picking … Continue reading

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Oranmore Music and Drama Group take to the stage with ‘Wedding Night Blues’

I’d just like to wish ‘Oranmore Music and Drama Group (Bualadh Bos)’ every success when they take to the stage tonight in the Birr One-Act Festival with my play, ‘Wedding Night Blues’. It’s the first of four one-act competitions in … Continue reading

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Paschal and Samantha Investigate: Season 2

More quirky storylines for Ireland’s most unusual detective duo. 1. THE KILLER WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY While Paschal is in hospital for the removal of an in-growing toenail, he witnesses a brutal murder, but no trace of the body … Continue reading

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Paschal and Samantha Investigate: Season 1

1. MURDER AT GOSSIP CENTRAL Taking early retirement from the Civil Service and moving to the sleepy West of Ireland village of Tullyhooley, Paschal McHugh and his wife Samantha Twain become involved in the search for missing priest’s housekeeper, Primrose … Continue reading

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Paschal and Samantha Investigate: Storylines to exercise the mind

Paschal McHugh was the accident-prone central character in my play ‘The House-Husband’. Over the past few years I have been creating comic storylines for this character and his new wife as a kind of light-hearted teasing of a friend of … Continue reading

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