Saturday 27 June 2020

China's Undeclared War on India

China's Undeclared War on India: China's artificial islands in the South China Sea -- equipped with military bases, naval ports and airfields -- pose a strategic threat to neighboring countries. In 2018, China landed nuclear strike-capable bombers on these artificial islands, sending an

Monday 22 June 2020

We'll meet again - the Dublin connections of Dame Vera Lynn

We'll meet again - the Dublin connections of Dame Vera Lynn: The 'unforgettable British icon' and poster girl for soldiers during World War Two had Irish roots, reinforced by a childhood visit, writes Con McGrath

VE Day 75 years later: the Irish part in Second World War victory is largely unwritten

VE Day 75 years later: the Irish part in Second World War victory is largely unwritten: Thousands of Irish men and women fought for victory over Nazi Germany, writes Dan Harvey.

Friday 19 June 2020

Eamon De Valera's moving tribute to Franklin Roosevelt that surprised critics

Eamon De Valera's moving tribute to Franklin Roosevelt that surprised critics: On the 70th anniversary of US president Franklin D Roosevelt?s death, Ryle Dwyer examines how ?amon de Valera?s fulsome condolence gesture stunned critics

Wednesday 17 June 2020

Civil War - Roya Navy rescued Prot orphan boys whose orphanage was burnt down by Anti-Treaty IRA at Ballyconree near Clifden on June 30, 1922 Clifden

Civil War - British gunboat sent to Clifden: June 22 1922 Galwegians looked on with alarm as anti-Treaty forces, who had taken up positions in a number of buildings in the city, including the former RIC station at Eglinton Street, were preparing for a fight. That morning Michael Brennan, IRA commander of the only major pro-Treaty unit in the west, under orders from Richard Mulcahy Free State Army commander, entered the city with a large well armed force. They immediately secured the county-jail, the courthouse, and the railway hotel. Having seen the end of the War of Independence, and having voted by a substantial majority just weeks before for parties supporting the Treaty with Britain, this was a tragic state of affairs. Galwegians feared an all out pitched battle, followed by the horrors of the previous years of struggle. This time, however, the enemy was not Britain, but former friends and comrades.

20 Indian soldiers killed in border clashes with Chinese forces | DW News

IRA bands play sectarian songs outside protestant church - August 2012

IRA force catholic politician Gerry Fitt out of his home

The Altnaveigh Massacre - BEFORE Civil War. IRA SECTARIAN Slaughter of 1 woman and 5 men from Protestant Families

Wednesday 10 June 2020

Monday 8 June 2020

Sybille Bedford in Feldkirch

Sybille Bedford in Feldkirch: I do like a spot of literary sleuthing, and at the moment I’m reading Sybille Bedford’s Jigsaw, in which she describes her upbringing in Feldkirch in the “Grand-Duchy of Baden” during the second and third decades of the last century. Jigsaw reprises in a more memoir-like way the same territory as her first novel, A …

Without rancor: Sybille Bedford’s achievement 1911 - 2006

Without rancor: Sybille Bedford’s achievement: Le passé est une partie de nous-même, la plus essentielle peut-être. —Victor Hugo Beware of being sheep. —Sybille Bedford For more than four decades, the German-born English writer Sybille Bedford has been somethi...

Thursday 4 June 2020

Due to 1 or more *Super-spreaders* suddenly infecting many other people ? WATCH: Lockdown looms as Israel sees largest 24-hour corona spike in a month

WATCH: Lockdown looms as Israel sees largest 24-hour corona spike in a month: Israel reported 116 coronavirus diagnoses in one day, leading to the closure of five more schools in central Israel whose students tested positive for the virus.