Using alternative measures of Gold’s purchasing power can be very revealing
She was Police Ombudsman from 1999 to 2007.
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On this night, the Black and Tans burnt Cork City Centre with a devastating series of fires that swept through the city centre; looted businesses, assaulted firefighters and shot at the local population. The burning and the subsequent controversy is one of the most significant events of the Irish War of Independence; on the day […]
Marriage matters.
Ms Maurel shared her story in the parliament of the Czech Republic in Prague
We need to preserve that kind of individual liberty which is at the heart of everyone’s flourishing.
In Seán Ó Tuama’s essay on Aodhagáin Ó Rathaille, Filí Faoi Sceimhle, he makes an interesting observation; that the 17thCentury in Ireland saw a consciousness emerge of the connection between the nationalistic and the religious question. Nationalism, not only in Ireland but throughout Europe becomes tied with a question of religious expression. This was where […]
Robotaxis may be cool, but dangerous they should not be.
Original thinkers are hard to come by. If you doubt that, visit a diploma mill. You’ll see right off that credentials don’t confer character, creativity or common sense. Academic hubris conflates knowledge with wisdom. Such folks are a dime a dozen. Sui generis Then there is Colin Brazier: sui generis, in a class by himself. […]
It shows a large number of women defending a family from being evicted from their home for failure to pay rent.
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, […]