15 July 2004 Edition
And they call them Games
15 July 2004
It's the taking part, not the winning that counts. This was the motto of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, who founded the modern Olympics in 1896. Few of us awaiting this year's Games, which will start in Athens next month, are under the illusion that the Olympics are solely about sportsmanship. In a special two-part series, An Phoblacht's JOANNE CORCORAN looks at the political issues that have marred the so-called friendly sporting event, and recounts some of the more memorable Olympic occasions. Let the Games begin. Free article
Something to be in Antrim and Newtownabbey
15 July 2004
Breige and Martin Meehan are heroes, not in the style of Harrison Ford's Indiana Jones or Russell Crowe's Gladiator, but in the understated manner of earlier Hollywood stars, Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mocking Bird, Henry Fonda in Twelve Angry Men and Jane Darwell in The Grapes of Wrath. Free article
Cultúr na n-Oráisteach
15 July 2004
There is nothing in 'Orange Culture' that makes any sense to AN DRAOI RUA. What has culture got to do with bigotry? Free article