Nowadays, the corruption is insidious. And all-pervasive.
She was Police Ombudsman from 1999 to 2007.
Finnian’s gift for teaching and his absolute dedication to the ascetic ideal.
The idea that we need emergency meetings and colour coded warnings and meteorologists on every news bulletin is nuts. And it is doing no good at all for our national mental health, long term.
ON THIS DAY: 12TH SEPTEMBER 1919 Dáil Éireann was declared illegal by the British Parliament when Sinn Féin TDs refused to sit in Westminister and set up their own parliament in Dublin, Dáil Éireann The British authorities called it a ‘dangerous assembly, because of this the first Dáil had to meet in secret at different […]
What Narnia can teach us about politics in our own world
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 […]
Imagine for one second that the video which emerged this week were not of a politician, but of a Roman Catholic Bishop. Would the media’s present vow of Omerta hold?
I’m far more interested in what pieces like this say about Irish people than I am in what they say about Ireland’s migrant communities.
The conversation that we are not really permitted to have.
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, […]