Voters let down by politicians
Britain’s Salt Act of 1882 prohibited Indians from collecting or selling salt, a staple in their diet. Indian citizens were forced to buy the vital mineral from their British rulers, who, in addition to exercising a monopoly over the manufacture and sale of salt, also charged a heavy salt tax. Though it affected everyone, it […]
Demography nerds are aghast.
What happens when both when both technical progress and ethical progress stagnate?
Thomas Clarke was born in Hampshire in the UK to Irish parents. They moved back to Dungannon when Thomas was 7 years old and the family spent the rest of his youth there. When he was 20, he joined the IRB and quickly rose to prominence, becoming head of the local IRB circle. He was […]
A number of groups from around the world have joined forces to create an International Coalition to Stop Designer Babies. They are lobbying against human genome editing and have issued a demand for an international convention to ban human genome editing and human cloning: We wish to express our great concern about and opposition […]
He was involved in the establishment of the Irish Manuscripts Commission in 1928.
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A conference was held in Casablanca on March 3 to launch the declaration.
ON THIS DAY: 8TH MARCH 1999
“No apology. God bless the Republic”
There were Five demands that the prisoners were looking for.