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There's no excuse for turning away refugees

There's no excuse for turning away refugees

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

There's something unmistakably nauseating about watching the well-fed, centrally heated citizens of the western world wring their sanitised hands over what they insist on calling "the refugee crisis". Crisis. . .
It's time to tackle the scourge of dereliction

It's time to tackle the scourge of dereliction

Thu, 13 Mar, 2025

We are in a housing crisis in Ireland. It is more prevalent in the east coast than in the west yet there are plenty of pinch points here too where demand outstrips supply.
A welcome reset in Anglo-Irish relations

A welcome reset in Anglo-Irish relations

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

What a difference a new leader can make. No, not that one – I think we have all probably heard plenty for now about the difference he’s making to the world we thought we lived in. Step forward instead Sir Keir Starmer.
Can the GAA grasp nettle of rural decline?

Can the GAA grasp nettle of rural decline?

Sun, 09 Mar, 2025

“It is unconscionable that we would be the generation who preside over the permanent demise of rural Ireland. . .
Aclare native earned fame as a US journalist

Aclare native earned fame as a US journalist

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Anthony Joseph Gavaghan, known in the US as Anthony J. Gavigan, was born in the Ox Mountain townland of Claddagh, near Aclare, in January 1861.
Social media has left us with a crisis of reality

Social media has left us with a crisis of reality

Fri, 07 Mar, 2025

A peculiar malaise creeps across Ireland's digital landscape, manifesting in hunched shoulders and downcast eyes in the blue glow illuminating faces from Louth to Louisburgh.
The world we have known is being upended

The world we have known is being upended

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

History was my favourite subject in school. As a child, if you left a history book on the ground anywhere near me, it wouldn’t be there long. When people tell me they find history boring I can’t get my head around it.
Ukraine was ill-prepared for Russian invasion

Ukraine was ill-prepared for Russian invasion

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

“Larry, we have to close the beaches," Police Chief Martin Brody (played by Roy Scheider) along with marine biologist and shark expert Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) is desperately trying to convince stubborn Mayor Larry Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) of ...
Reduction in speed limits is long overdue

Reduction in speed limits is long overdue

Wed, 05 Mar, 2025

Last year, a total of 174 people lost their lives on Irish roads, according to statistics published by the Road Safety Authority (RSA). The deaths were the result of 160 fatal collisions across the country.
The long wait for change at MUH continues

The long wait for change at MUH continues

Sun, 02 Mar, 2025

There was something very symbolic about newly-appointed Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill holding a press conference with local reporters outside the front entrance to Mayo University Hospital (MUH).
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