Last Orders Quotes

“don’t try and intimidate somebody my age with prison. The idea of being in a small room with a toilet beside the bed is frankly heavenly. Now off you pop.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“They were in the corner booth, which had probably seen more crimes planned than anywhere else in Ireland, with the possible exception of the bar in Government Buildings.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“When all that’s left is the fall, the fall is everything.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“What is it with pigeons and stale bread? They’re mad for it. Them and the French. Of all I’ve seen in this world, nothing confuses me more than the feckin’ crouton. It’s a square of stale bread. Feckin’ lunatics.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“To find out the answers to all of these burning questions and more,”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“Life gives you very few chances and, believe you me, if you mess this one up, you’ll spend the rest of your life regretting it.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“I’m a police officer. Wouldn’t look good, me sitting around in a hotel bar, drinking.” Again, that sounded odd – ‘Eskimo freaks”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“Brigit bet she practised that in the mirror, trying to look as psychiatristy as possible.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“This wasn’t a pub where you started trouble; this was a pub where trouble came for a quiet drink.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“We are going to give this gift horse a long, hard look in the mouth – and then we’re going to look up its arse too, because I neither like nor trust this.” “Yes, boss.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“Two men in their seventies sat at opposite ends of the bar, both reading the same newspaper, in a race to see who could make it last longer.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“How much longer is she going to be?” “You can ask her if you like, Denise, but I’ve been officially told to let her do as she likes.” “Well, I haven’t and I have work to do. She can’t stand around in there all day.” Devane reached forward”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“Four hundred angry pensioners. It was almost a very slow riot.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders

“He glanced at the bedside table: 11:46 pm. He’d gone to bed early because he hadn’t been able to think of a damn thing else to do.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Last Orders