Why are progressive activists reluctant to denounce abuses overseas?
Known as the fastest field game in the world, a sliotar can top 93mph from a good strike. Hurling is also mentioned in the 11th/ 12th century Leabhar na hUidre, while further descriptions are to be found in 13th/14th century romantic tale Cath Mhaigh Tuireadh Chunga. This latter account details a very bloody hurling game […]
ON THIS DAY: 3RD DECEMBER 1974: Maguire Seven charged with possessing materials for bomb making 40-year-old Irish born Anne Maguire, from North London, was convicted of possessing nitro-glycerine, which was then allegedly passed on for use to the IRA. Her husband, Patrick Maguire, 42 was also sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Her two younger sons, […]
Are convenience and security a good trade-off for surveillance and control?
The London Illustrated News published a drawing from an eviction on the island of Inis Bo Finne, 7 miles of the Galway Coast. It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent. “The extreme wretchedness of the peasantry dwelling on the rocky islets […]
Despite its tormented history, Hungary is not an ‘elected autocracy’
Something is rotten in the fashion industry
Spain is on the way to recognising 16 types of families, none of them the traditional nuclear family
Many at Warner Brothers Studios thought the film would sink into obscurity.
The Book of Kells contains lavishly decorated copy, in Latin, of the four gospels.
A Cine4 film Foscadh will have its tv premiere on January 2nd.
A Canadian mother offers some advice about explaining modesty to teenage daughters