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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...
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...

 



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