My time working for peace in Ireland.

The British and Irish governments had set up a 'Victim's Commission' to 'listen' to victims of 'the Troubles'. My organisation provided the setting for an important meeting between the victims of the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The British had designated a knight of the Realm to listen and make a report, much like most reports that are commissioned with great fanfare and at great expense and forgotten a week after publication. I was working in …

…sitting in the visitor's gallery while Parliament was in session. Finally my boss came to help take them off my hands. But wait a minute, where was Thomas? A quick glance around found him being carted off by two gardai. After five minutes of cajoling the boss was able to retrieve the delinquent who happened to have taken a piss right outside the Parliament onto the street. Such represented the future of a troubled island.