And is it not the case - further argued Jimmy’s barrister - that the Bog fired more than five hundred rounds at my client while my client was fleeing for his life and indeed, is it not the case the Security Forces were engaged in attempted murder - the attempted murder of my client? Jimmy got an extra three years for having a smart-ass barrister. The judges made a land mark legal precedent stating – we victims are allowed to kill whomever we wish, whenever we wish, with whatever we care to use, and your client is not allowed under any circumstances to defend himself especially with the use of evil smelling non exploding marzipan grenades and further more it would make no difference to this case were these grenades to be chocolate Easter Eggs filled with Smarties for shrapnel or indeed let it be said small compact Christmas puddings impregnated with seditious sixpenny pieces. They sentenced Jimmy to ten years in Portlaoise Prison commonly known as The Bog. He started writing in The Bog and his first short story The Duds won first prize at the Listowel Writers Week. Since that time Jimmy has continued writing. He doesn’t know why but there you are again. Must be some type of expressive compulsion or creative consumption. Whatever it is it is not good. Jimmy hopes you enjoy his work but not all of it. You can contact Jimmy Rice at his e-mail address or through the contact page.

Looking forward to meeting you – well not all of you.

Jimmy Rice.