Thomas Ashe trained as a teacher and worked as a school principal in Lusk, Co. Dublin. He was a poet, piper and talented singer and having being reared in the Gaeltacht in Kerry, was an avid supporter of the Irish language. This brought him to the governing body of the Gaelic League, he was also […]
The philosophy of anti-natalism refuses to die. In the latest issue of Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Finnish bioethicist Matti Häyry renews the argument for reproductive abstinence. The headline over the article gives the game away: “If You Must Give Them a Gift, Then Give Them the Gift of Nonexistence”. Häyry takes a fairly glum […]
Chicago is the only city to publish reports about sexual abuse in schools.
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It was with great sadness that I learned of the death of Pope Emeritus, Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict XVI was an outstanding human being, a man who truly personified and exemplified all the characteristics of a true devout Christian. Here was a man who devoted his life to Jesus and to Christ’s universal message […]
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An Ecuadorian man has changed his gender to gain custody of his children.
He was viewed as a threat to authority, and would be closely watched.
Clansmen and women of native Irish families were lured to discuss terms with the English at Mullaghmast, Co. Kildare. To the famous Rath at Mullaghmast which has figured in Irish history from as far back as 82AD. The site consists of a raised circular rampart breached at two sides allowing grazing cattle to wander through […]
An important figure for those within the Church and outside
The British put a £1,000 price on Breen’s head, which was later raised to £10,000