Category: Politics & Society
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Why Sligo Needs a World Class Museum
The case for a world class museum in the town of Sligo, northwest Ireland.
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The Mind and the Colonial Death Star
Author – Bernard Sweeney 2021 Wouldn’t it be enlightening to know the unknown, to know something you always had known deep down, and something that makes more sense once known. For example, say if someone said that the Settled Irish…
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Brexit, Irelands saviour!
Why Brexit may allow Ireland to finally take its place on the world stage. And allow the development of the regions of the country.
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Rural Ireland is Rich, not Poor: The Exploitation of Ireland by its Own System
Despite success in raising living standards in Ireland since independence, and especially since joining the EU in the early seventies, Irish governments have failed to prevent the imbalance of development in Dublin at the expense of almost every region in…
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The Curious Re-Emergence of an Ancient Irish Tuath
Indiana: Balloq’s medallion only had writing on one side? You sure about that? Sallah: Positive! Indiana: Balloq’s staff is too long. Indiana: Sallah: They’re digging in the wrong place! Raiders of the Lost Ark, (1981) County Sligo, and the…
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Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up?
In relation to the British governments response to the Manchester suicide bomber, it is most interesting to contrast how the Tory establishment treated IRA violence during the height of their campaigns, and this “Islamic” violence now. To put it simply,…
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Why Reinstating Access to Maeves Cairn May be the Only Way to Preserve It
The threat to Maeves Cairn on Knocknarea, Sligo and how best to approach its solution.
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Brexit, should we support the latest peasant revolt?
“Besides, they were informed that he was even intriguing with the helots; and such indeed was the fact, for he promised them freedom and citizenship if they would join him in insurrection, and would help him to carry out his…