Thursday, 30 April 2020

Kate McCarthy 1895-1971. Nurse in WW 1 & WW 2. In French Resistance in WW 2. . Held by Gestapo. A Cork nun's extraordinary life at war

A Cork nun's extraordinary life at war: LAST month, during a walking tour of Béthune in northern France, our guide recalled the work of a Cork woman, Kate McCarthy, who nursed wounded soldiers during both world wars. Her niece, Sr Breda McCarthy of the Loreto Convent in Bray, told me this extraordinary woman’s story.

Tuesday, 28 April 2020

Saturday, 25 April 2020

NUI-Galway Graduate Dr Gordon Joyce 42 from Moycullen leads search for Covid-19 vaccine & predicts it will take 'a year or more'

Galway man involved in search for Covid-19 vaccine predicts it will take 'a year or more': Galway man Gordon Joyce, Chief of Structural Biology at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington DC, is at the forefront of the work being done across the world to find a vaccine for coronavirus.

The Rolling Stones - Living In A Ghost Town (Official Video)

Friday, 24 April 2020

The CORONAVIRUS Lament - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

Weekend Update: President Trump Gives Coronavirus Update - SNL

Quaranqueen (Dancing Queen Parody)

Coronavirus Rhapsody (based on Bohemian Rhapsody) - Covid19

"Stayin' Inside" - Coronavirus Bee Gees Parody

The Beatles - Yesterday (Lockdown Acapella Version)

The Sound of Sirens (Sound of Silence Lockdown Parody)

Monty Python Communist Quiz sketch

Dublin city empty streets in lock down

Unorthodox: Deborah Feldman's escape from Brooklyn to Berlin | DW Interview

Coronavirus: drone footage shows empty streets of Dublin in lockdown

My courtroom battle with a Holocaust denier | Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt | ...

History on Trial - Deborah E Lipstadt and the fight for historical truth

From 9.45 PM to 11.45 PM tonight on RTE 2 TV [ on Sky Sat Ch 102 ]. Denial Movie CLIP - Take Him On (2016) - Rachel Weisz Movie

The Free State’s forgotten soldiers: The National Army monument at Glasnevin. – The Irish Story

The Free State’s forgotten soldiers: The National Army monument at Glasnevin. – The Irish Story

James Holland on Normandy ‘44: D-Day & the Battle for France

Thursday, 2 April 2020

His Irish-born GF and his father both served in NYPD. NYPD’s top cop Terry Monahan on his Bronx Irish upbringing | IrishCentral.com

NYPD’s top cop on his Bronx Irish upbringing | IrishCentral.com: Terence Monahan is a life-long, intensely proud cop and, since last year, the highest ranking NYPD officer in uniform thanks to his promotion as chief of department.  Monahan speaks about his career which started out on the mean streets of the Bronx, and what it takes to keep New York safe

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

Now on BBC 4 TV. Best (George Best: All By Himself) - Official trailer

Reports from the 83 Irish Coastal Look-out Posts were SECRETLY shared with UK in WW 2. Éire signs and the 'Emergency'

Éire signs and the 'Emergency': The recent hot weather saw a number of archaeological remains come to light across the country, but a gorse fire on Bray Head revealed a remnant of the more recent past: a World War Two vintage 'Éire' sign.