Thursday, 31 August 2017
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Celebrated in Bulgaria,, West Limerick Church of Ireland man James D Bourchier 1850-1920. A GREAT IRISHMAN » 11 Sep 1926 » The Spectator Archive
A GREAT IRISHMAN » 11 Sep 1926 » The Spectator Archive: The Lite of J. D. Bourchier. By Lady Grogan. (Hurst and Blackett. 18s. net.) To describe or criticize adequately the life of James Bourchier would entail a full discussion of Balkan politics through thirty exciting years. This scholarly Irishman and Eton
Sunday, 27 August 2017
The Gardaí in the 1920s – A Troubled Beginning
The Gardaí in the 1920s – A Troubled Beginning: By Colm Wallace, whose new book The Fallen details Gardaí who lost their lives in the line of duty. The Gardaí have faced several periods in their history in which the safety of individual m…
Saturday, 26 August 2017
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
Gardens now restored but fine house destroyed by IRA thugs at the start of their 1922 Civil War. Woodstock House Inistioge, South Co. Kilkenny This image...
David Hicks:
Woodstock House
Instioge, Co. Kilkenny This image...: Woodstock House Instioge, Co. Kilkenny This image of the entrance front of the house is from before 1900 as the statue of a c...
Woodstock House
Instioge, Co. Kilkenny This image...: Woodstock House Instioge, Co. Kilkenny This image of the entrance front of the house is from before 1900 as the statue of a c...
Saturday, 19 August 2017
Freedom and the Fifth Commandment, by Brian Heffernan: raising holy hell
Freedom and the Fifth Commandment, by Brian Heffernan: raising holy hell: The tricky role of priests in the War of Independence is chronicled in this important, thorough but awfully expensive work, writes Diarmaid Ferriter
Friday, 18 August 2017
Judge hands cash to mum of notorious Inchicore Dumbrell clan
Judge hands cash to mum of notorious Dumbrell clan: MEET the Dublin mammy who raised Ireland’s most-infamous criminal brothers who have spread murder, violence and chaos both inside and outside of prison.
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Monday, 14 August 2017
Sunday, 13 August 2017
She finally made it - to Freedom - and in Israel. Iranian Journalist Nada Amin Fleeing to Israel Seized and Arrested in Turkey
Iranian Journalist Fleeing to Israel Seized and Arrested in Turkey: An Iranian journalist granted asylum in Israel never made it to her flight, having been seized and arrested in Turkey.
Student launches Jewish YouTube TV channel
Student launches Jewish YouTube TV channel: by Jenni Frazer A Jewish history student with vision, ambition, and a nice measure of chutzpah has launched a global......
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Thursday, 10 August 2017
Maybe around 25,000 of 750,000 were Irish ? 1915 UK Merchant Navy records go online for WW1 Centenary
1915 UK Merchant Navy records go online for WW1 Centenary: The names of hundreds of thousands of seafarers who kept Britain supplied in 1915, the first full year of the Great War, can be searched online for the first time.
Wednesday, 9 August 2017
The Minority Voice
The Minority Voice: 'How do such people, with brilliant members and dull ones, fare when they pass from being a dominant minority to being a powerless one?' So asked the Kilkenny man-of-letters Hubert Butler (1900-1991) when considering the fate of Southern Protestants after Irish Independence. As both a product and critic of this culture, Butler posed the question repeatedly, refusing to accept as inevitable the marginalization of his community within the newly established state.
On This Point: Stoikiy muzhik
On This Point: Stoikiy muzhik: " Stoikiy muzhik" , From the movement that i have seen the movie Bridge Of Spies , A word/Dialogue/anything which is there in my ...
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
My Mother-in-Law: Jewish Heroine and Nazi Killer
My Mother-in-Law: Jewish Heroine and Nazi Killer: The thrilling, true story of Rachel Blum’s struggle to survive in a world bent on destroying her.
Mary Elmes: A Quiet Heroine
Mary Elmes: A Quiet Heroine: An unknown Irish heroine risked her life to save 200 Jewish children from the Nazis.
Monday, 7 August 2017
Sunday, 6 August 2017
Saturday, 5 August 2017
Fair hearing - or absolute tyranny ?
No worker, in any land or sector, should ever be instantly fired with NO prior hearing. That is a fundamental principle and an issue of strict Natural Justice and Due Process, and it is also recognized by Irish Courts as a binding duty on ANY employer [ including Govt ] under the rights inherent in the Irish Constitution. Yet the London Editor of the Sunday Times Martin Ivers has now done so - last Sunday - with a columnist for their Irish edition, Kevin Myers. The instant dismissal was even broadcast on British Media before Myers was even told.
A few lines in this one column [ now recognized by Myers himself as ill-judged ] were referenced by London - both the founding Chair of the Irish Holocaust Memorial Cte [ Ollie Donohoe - a former Radio Producer and then a trade union official ] and the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland have declared that in their judgement and experience, Myers is certainly no Anti-Semite. Indeed I and anybody in Ireland knows well how consistent and forceful he has always been in defending the Jewish People, as well as the right of the UN-mandated State of Israel to exist, and to do so in peace and security - like any other State.
I now have 2 choices. Either -
{A} continue to buy this paper as I have done every Sunday all my adult life, and so now collude with this London Editor in this grave wrong, or else
{B} no longer buy it and thereby refuse to collaborate in this fundamental violation of this universal and fundamental right of ANY worker.
I know where I stand, and where I have always stood.
Arbitrary power belongs to Absolute Monarchs - not to Employers in 2017.
And certainly not to London Employers over Irish workers.
This is a war - launched by the London Editor and no Irish person should surrender. This defensive and necessary struggle has nothing to do with Myers himself. I will miss this paper but not as much as I would miss the right to a fair hearing for ANY worker prior to dismissal.
A few lines in this one column [ now recognized by Myers himself as ill-judged ] were referenced by London - both the founding Chair of the Irish Holocaust Memorial Cte [ Ollie Donohoe - a former Radio Producer and then a trade union official ] and the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland have declared that in their judgement and experience, Myers is certainly no Anti-Semite. Indeed I and anybody in Ireland knows well how consistent and forceful he has always been in defending the Jewish People, as well as the right of the UN-mandated State of Israel to exist, and to do so in peace and security - like any other State.
I now have 2 choices. Either -
{A} continue to buy this paper as I have done every Sunday all my adult life, and so now collude with this London Editor in this grave wrong, or else
{B} no longer buy it and thereby refuse to collaborate in this fundamental violation of this universal and fundamental right of ANY worker.
I know where I stand, and where I have always stood.
Arbitrary power belongs to Absolute Monarchs - not to Employers in 2017.
And certainly not to London Employers over Irish workers.
This is a war - launched by the London Editor and no Irish person should surrender. This defensive and necessary struggle has nothing to do with Myers himself. I will miss this paper but not as much as I would miss the right to a fair hearing for ANY worker prior to dismissal.
Friday, 4 August 2017
Wednesday, 2 August 2017
Irish Jewish leader defends ‘well-respected’ Times columnist in anti-Semitism row
Irish Jewish leader defends ‘well-respected’ Times columnist in anti-Semitism row: Chair of the Jewish Representative Council claims ‘idiosyncratic’ writer Kevin Myers ‘inadvertently stumbled into an anti-Semitic trope’
Tuesday, 1 August 2017
Is Kevin Myers really an anti-Semite?
Is Kevin Myers really an anti-Semite?: On Sunday Kevin Myers was pilloried for an article he wrote in the Irish Sunday Times and the tirade......
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