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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...
ADAMS: Fond Memories Of My Sweet Tooth
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ADAMS: Fond Memories Of My Sweet Tooth
There was a Sweetie Shop across from Saint Finian’s School, just above Leeson Street on the Falls Road. It had a large advertisement for Blue Bird ...
O'SHEA: The Views From Differing Utopias
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O'SHEA: The Views From Differing Utopias
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) is remembered mainly because he was beheaded for insisting that his boss, Henry V111, was breaching divine law by claim...
EDITORIAL: Hanging By A Thread
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EDITORIAL: Hanging By A Thread
The numbers were released and the Irish recipients are standouts even while lost in the crowd. Seventeen 2023 Diversity Visas are heading for Irish...
ADAMS: I Love Sitting On Benches
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ADAMS: I Love Sitting On Benches
I like to spend as much time as I can outdoors. Now in case I give the wrong impression let me make it clear that I am not all the time walking or ...
EDITORIAL: Very Secret Indeed
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EDITORIAL: Very Secret Indeed
A government watchdog has accused the U.S. Secret Service of erasing texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after his office requested them as part of an i...
KIRWAN: Gardens of Earth and Stone
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KIRWAN: Gardens of Earth and Stone
I was digging in the garden recently. It's not an activity I’m particularly fond of, but there’s something about a June afternoon that entices you ...
Adams: Scots Set Date For Independence Vote
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Adams: Scots Set Date For Independence Vote
The government of Scotland has moved decisively by setting the date for a referendum on sovereignty and independence. 19 October 2023 is that date....
O'SHEA: Looking Ahead to the November Mid-Terms
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O'SHEA: Looking Ahead to the November Mid-Terms
Following the opening presentation by the January 6th Committee, when the whole country heard from a succession of police officers about how they w...
EDITORIAL: More Mediocrity Dead Ahead
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EDITORIAL: More Mediocrity Dead Ahead
Boris Johnson is stepping off the stage. But don't for a minute think that British government messing in the future of Northern Ireland, ergo all o...
ADAMS: Do Your Jobs Leo and Micheál
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ADAMS: Do Your Jobs Leo and Micheál
Some of our political leaders in Dublin repeatedly reduce their offices to the status of an observer. This affects many matters which fall within t...
A Bill That Needs To Be Scrapped
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A Bill That Needs To Be Scrapped
While the British government continues its unilateral attack on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the UK is simultaneously engaged in a second unilate...

 

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