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O'SHEA:  Some Thoughts on the Anglo-Irish Treaty
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O'SHEA: Some Thoughts on the Anglo-Irish Treaty
I recall clearly a conversation with my uncle, Michael O'Shea, shortly after I came to New York in the early seventies. He and his older brother, P...
ADAMS: Reflections on Bloody Sunday
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ADAMS: Reflections on Bloody Sunday
Somehow human beings, including this columnist, put more stead in twenty year anniversaries than in nineteen year ones. So in the case of Bloody Su...
EDITORIAL: From Russia Without Love
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EDITORIAL: From Russia Without Love
Ireland and Russia are not on each other's buddy list of late. Fortunately for Russia, Ireland is not a military superpower. Fortunately for Irelan...
O'SHEA:  Why We Need Trade Unions
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O'SHEA: Why We Need Trade Unions
I watched an interview with Marty Walsh this week. He is the Secretary of Labor in Washington who started his working career with Laborers Local 22...
ADAMS: Remembering AIM's Clyde Bellecourt
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ADAMS: Remembering AIM's Clyde Bellecourt
The drum beat and the chant echoed across the emptiness of Milltown Cemetery. Despite our heavy coats the January cold penetrated through to the bo...
KIRWAN: The Reason I am Writing This
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KIRWAN: The Reason I am Writing This
What do you think of that whole D.C. Jan. 6th affair? Was it an insurrection or just a bunch of feisty tourists dropping by the People's House to p...
Editorial: Into The January Night
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Editorial: Into The January Night
The email press heads up from the mayor's office was routine. It was Friday evening and the mayor had three engagements before calling it a day. Th...
ADAMS: Condolences are not enough
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ADAMS: Condolences are not enough
I want to extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ashling Murphy. The spontaneous public outpouring of grief at her murder under...
A Mask as a Miniature Billboard
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A Mask as a Miniature Billboard
At one point during the months of Covid-19 lockdown I came across another side of branding and public relations. The lesson came courtesy of the Ir...
EDITORIAL: A Grubby Fingerprint
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EDITORIAL: A Grubby Fingerprint
Back in the early years of the twentieth century the European military powers began to engage in a major arms race. That race would wind its way al...
O'SHEA:  Some Perspectives on a United Ireland
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O'SHEA: Some Perspectives on a United Ireland
A few months ago, my son-in-law, Jimmy Frawley, who lives in Dublin, brought two of his children, aged 10 and 15, on a weekend trip to Belfast. He ...
ADAMS: The blight of sectarianism must be ended
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ADAMS: The blight of sectarianism must be ended
The narrow vote in the Dáil 100 years ago last week in favor of the Treaty imposed the partitionist institutions demanded by the British under thre...

 

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