The Sunday Tribune magazine: an extract from Joe O'Connor's book, Sweet Liberty Travels In Irish America. O'Connor travelled around the States in search of American towns named 'Dublin'.

WE WERE WATCHING. . .

The Dublin Film Festival showed From Dawn To Dusk, which had rocketed to the top of the US boxoffice charts. Written by Quentin Tarantino, the film starred Harvey Keitel, George Clooney and Juliette Lewis. The festival opened with Twelve Monkeys.

WE WERE LAMENTING. . .

The fact we didn't have tickets to Oasis' upcoming brace of sold-out gigs at the Point Depot WE WERE GOSSIPING. . .

About referee Jim McGillvay showing Partick player Rod McDonald a yellow card during a Rangers match after making "an inflammatory gesture". McDonald had blessed himself.

WE WERE LISTENING. . .

To the entrants for Eurosong. Diarmuid Doyle slammed the show as "a sham contest" calling the songs "mediocre followed by bland melody". Ireland won that year with 'The Voice', sung by Eimear Quinn.