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Against the Tide (6085 words) |
 | Brian stays on the right side of the feds, and keeps the inlet clean for lobsters and striped bass and littlenecks with an oil-absorbent cloth inside the milk jug and absorbent pads packed into a fine-mesh bait bag in the bilge. |
 | Brian is of medium height and build, though if you look at his forearms, at their breadth and ropy sinew, you see the same sort of musculature caricatured in Popeye. |
 | Brian drops it on the pegging board while he duels with a lobster that has grabbed hold of one of the trap's parlor heads, the twine funnel inside the trap that keeps the lobster from getting out. |
| Irish Abroad - Irish American News (1017 words) |
 | Brian Gibbons is the sole Irish-born representative on the devolved Welsh Assembly. |
 | Brian is pleased with the ever-expanding links with his native land and cites the creation of the Irish consulate in Cardiff, along with Taoiseach Bertie Aherns trip and President Mary McAleeses state visit as visible signs of the enhanced relationship between the two countries. |
 | Brian also has the distinction of being the only Assembly member ever to score five goals in a Gaelic Football match and was recently on hand to launch the Eire Og club that has just been created in his constituency. |