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Editoral: Terminal Troubles Editoral: Terminal Troubles
For a variety of reasons, and sometimes no apparent reason at all, there has been chaos at world airports this summer. Dublin Airport is no excepti...
Adams: Congratulations To The Women of Antrim
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Adams: Congratulations To The Women of Antrim
Congratulations to Antrim Ladies All Ireland Football Champions 2022 and Antrim’s All Ireland Camogie Champions. Na mná abú. Last Friday there was ...
O'SHEA: Mary Magdalene: A Leader Among Men
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O'SHEA: Mary Magdalene: A Leader Among Men
After the crucifixion the fledgling movement of Christians commemorated the life and death of a man who had deeply impacted their lives and who the...
EDITORIAL: Moscow's Cynical Game
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EDITORIAL: Moscow's Cynical Game
Suffice to say, the history of Russian jurisprudence could fill a book the size of "War And Peace." It would not make for encouraging reading. Russ...
O'SHEA: Democracy Going Through Testing Times
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O'SHEA: Democracy Going Through Testing Times
Athenian democracy lasted about 250 years from the early seventh century B.C.E. It was a magnificently successful experiment, involving military do...
ADAMS: A Windfall Tax is Urgently Needed
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ADAMS: A Windfall Tax is Urgently Needed
The cost of living crisis is taking a terrible toll on families. Food and energy bills are increasing at a phenomenal rate pushing more and more pe...
KIRWAN: A Question Posed With Increasing Frequency
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KIRWAN: A Question Posed With Increasing Frequency
Is America broken? It’s a question that is posed with increasing frequency. I used to dismiss it out of hand. This country has come through so much...
EDITORIAL: A Rough Road Ahead
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EDITORIAL: A Rough Road Ahead
If some of her recent statements are anything to go by there will be little change in London's approach to Northern Ireland and the current debate ...
ADAMS: 'The Ark' Was a No-Nonsense Retreat
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ADAMS: 'The Ark' Was a No-Nonsense Retreat
The Ark wasn't a big public house. Situated at the corner of Broadbent Street on the Old Lodge Road it consisted of a public bar, partitioned from ...
The Root Cause of Anti-Catholicism and Bigotry
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The Root Cause of Anti-Catholicism and Bigotry
A state’s constitution is the fundamental set of principles by which the state is to be governed. It is, therefore, of foundational importance and ...
EDITORIAL: Less Gas, More Brakes
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EDITORIAL: Less Gas, More Brakes
The headline on the front page of the Irish Times on Monday of this week could have appeared in any newspaper in any country on our overheating pla...
KIRWAN: One Size Fit, All Sizes Fled
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KIRWAN: One Size Fit, All Sizes Fled
I was recently giving a talk to the Irish Business Organization and was asked by host Shelley Ann Quilty-Lake to describe my own emigration from Ir...

 

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