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KIRWAN: Until We Meet Again in the Spring
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KIRWAN: Until We Meet Again in the Spring
The ospreys are gone. They left in the weeks after Labor Day. When they get the call – genetic or atmospheric - they don’t delay, it’s a long way t...
O'SHEA: Child Rearing in 20th Century Ireland
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O'SHEA: Child Rearing in 20th Century Ireland
It is a truism accepted in most cultures that children thrive in a supportive family and in a community where they feel valued and encouraged. The ...
EDITORIAL: The Assembly Returns
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EDITORIAL: The Assembly Returns
The world returns to Manhattan this week for the annual gathering that is the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. For some, the visits ...
EDITORIAL: Casting A Light
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EDITORIAL: Casting A Light
The New York Times described Megan Stack's Sunday, September 3 Opinion Section front page story as an "essay." Some essay. Stack, billed by the Tim...
ADAMS: Unique Robert Ballagh Moore Street Print
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ADAMS: Unique Robert Ballagh Moore Street Print
As regular readers of this column know I have been involved for a very long time in the campaign to protect and develop as a historic and cultural ...
OSHEA: Strong Trade Unions Needed in America
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OSHEA: Strong Trade Unions Needed in America
In John Lennon’s fine album titled “Working Class Hero” he bemoans the betrayal of the American working class, “duped by religion, sex and TV” into...
KIRWAN Musings and Mutterings in a Country Graveyard
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KIRWAN Musings and Mutterings in a Country Graveyard
I often take a train to New Haven nowadays, and since I find trains very relaxing I invariably feel drowsy as we pull out of Grand Central Station....
EDITORIAL: A Complex Moment
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EDITORIAL: A Complex Moment
As the British government barrels along towards passing its widely unwanted legacy bill, and before he set off for a visit to the Middle East, Tána...
ADAMS: The Long Road To Cork
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ADAMS: The Long Road To Cork
In 1986 I gave a talk at a Sinn Féin conference which became known by activists of my vintage as The Road to Cork or The Bus to Cork. More of that ...
O'SHEA: Playing God and Pulling Rightward
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O'SHEA: Playing God and Pulling Rightward
In her recent erudite book, "Playing God: American Catholic Bishops and the Far Right," Mary Jo McConahay describes in detail how the American Cath...
EDITORIAL: Carnage On The Roads
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EDITORIAL: Carnage On The Roads
For anyone who has driven in Ireland this is a familiar picture or memory. You have left the motorway and are driving on a two lane road with hills...
ADAMS: Memories of Visiting the Hunger Strikers
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ADAMS: Memories of Visiting the Hunger Strikers
This column will be in Cork, le cuidiu Dia, to attend the National Hunger Strike Commemoration on Sunday. It’s the first time that this annual even...

 

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