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Dammit, Nancy

August 26, 2014 No Comments

This is an interesting little piece on the late Albert Reynolds and the 1994 IRA ceasefire. One last minute problem arose when the US refused Joe Cahill a visa. No visa, no Cahill in the States “conveying the news to the IRA’s long-time American supporters “in person””, and no ceasefire: Reynolds told me he spent […]

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History Politics Society

Why Ireland became the only country in the democratic world to have a constitutional ban on abortion

August 26, 2014 No Comments

The Irish Responsible Society, of which five key PLAC leaders were members, was the Irish branch of the group led by the English right-wing Catholic activist Valerie Riches (now a papal dame). For Riches, the degeneration of society through sexual permissiveness was a conspiracy driven by International Planned Parenthood. She and her Irish followers were especially […]

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Sounds

Music Monday: Die So Fluid – Kiss And Then The Kick

August 25, 2014March 25, 2015 No Comments

I am liking Die So Fluid at the moment. Also, Grog.

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Arts People

Richard Attenborough, 1923 – 2014

August 24, 2014August 24, 2014 No Comments

Richard Attenborough, 1923 – 2014.

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Oddities Oh Lol

Chilly for August, so it is.

August 20, 2014August 24, 2014 No Comments

There’s an autumnal chill in the air this past week, I feel like: … but the calendar is all like:

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Cycling Life

The Man Behind Copenhagenization – YouTube

August 19, 2014June 7, 2015 No Comments

City design for Cycling – The Man Behind Copenhagenization – YouTube.

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Middle East War

“I … wept, as I rarely have as an adult” – Jon Snow

July 26, 2014 No Comments

Gaza is not just about them, it’s about us, too: Leaving Israel and beleaguered Gaza far below me, I lay back in my BA seat headed for London. I donned my headphones and listened to Bach’s heavenly violin concerto in E major, and wept, as I rarely have as an adult. I wept for two […]

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Bits & Bobs Life

Advice for teenagers, 1959 style

July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 No Comments

Advice for teenagers from 1959. pic.twitter.com/0OPjP6T6MC — Suzanne Alexander (@SuzzanAlexander) July 1, 2014

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Bits & Bobs Sport

World Cup: Sad Brazilians

July 10, 2014July 10, 2014 No Comments

I’m not a big soccer fan, but I’ve been watching some of the World Cup matches. I didn’t think Brazil were up to much, but I really didn’t expect them to be utterly destroyed by Germany (who had beaten Algeria 2-1 and France 1-0 previously. Algeria really put it up to Germany, I thought). Brazil […]

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Life Oddities Popcorn Time

Garth Brooks: The Saga Continues…

July 9, 2014July 10, 2014 No Comments

And on, and on it goes. This is a bit of a bike shed issue, even An Taoiseach Enda Kenny is wading in. TheJournal.ie has learned that Enda Kenny has asked the Chief Executive of the Labour Relations Commission, Kieran Mulvey to arrange a meeting between City Manager Owen Keegan and Lord Mayor Christy Burke. […]

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Dammit, Nancy

Why Ireland became the only country in the democratic world to have a constitutional ban on abortion

Music Monday: Die So Fluid – Kiss And Then The Kick

Richard Attenborough, 1923 – 2014

Chilly for August, so it is.

The Man Behind Copenhagenization – YouTube

“I … wept, as I rarely have as an adult” – Jon Snow

Advice for teenagers, 1959 style

World Cup: Sad Brazilians

Garth Brooks: The Saga Continues…

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