The cost in mental health, substance abuse, domestic violence and suicide is staggering.
On Tuesday evening, 24 August 2021, Minister for Defence Simon Coveney sent a number of Irish military personnel to Afghanistan to better coordinate the evacuation of the citizens and dependants of Ireland who want out of there. This followed an effective social and traditional media pressure campaign by Leinster House’s resident veterans—Deputy Dr Cathal Berry, […]
The Zulus never had an independent country again.
Revolt
Several interesting things happened on August 25th. Most prominently, the date saw the liberation of Paris by the Allies in 1944. But that tale pales into insignificance beside the story of Hugh Glass and the Grizzly Bear. Hugh Glass was an American frontiersman, who lived most of his life in that lawless wilderness of the […]
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Richard de Clare, nicknamed Strongbow invaded Ireland to continue the earlier Norman invasion of 1169. Diarmait Mac Murchada was ousted as king of Leinster by a coalition led by the High King, Ruaidrí Ua Conchobair. He fled Ireland and sought military assistance as he wanted to be King of Leinster, and ultimately Ireland, but had to […]
Mickey Devine was the last man to die on the hunger strike
In 1874, a letter was sent to John Devoy, a leader with the Fenian Irish Republican Brotherhood who was living in exile in the USA. He was planning a rebellion in Ireland when informers altered the British authorities and Devoy was arrested, convicted of treason and sentenced to 15 years labour on the Isle of […]
A pamphlet on the event, titled “The wonderful discovery of witches in the county of Lancaster” became a best seller
Almost 4000 years ago the High King of Ireland, King Luaghaidh Lamhfada, founded An Aonach Tailteann. The festival was to honour and celebrate his deceased mother, Queen of Tailte, and as a tribute to the dead. On the 1st of August, kings, queens, and noblemen travelled from all over the country to watch the games […]
Neil Francis recently lost his job as a rugby columnist with the Irish Independent following comments he made about British and Irish Lions out-half Marcus Smith on a podcast in July. Francis described Smith as “a Harlequins out-half with a David Beckham haircut and an Oompa Loompa tan”. Smith was born in the Philippines to […]