Books like this one make me sad. Why? Because I like trees. First there was the quote on the front cover from revisionist Colm Toibin that this book is "essential reading for anyone interested in how the arguments about the past cut deeply into the way we live in Ireland now". I suppose that should have been warning enough, however, I ploughed on. Free article

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A promise to build an interpretaive and commemorative centre at Pearse's Cottage in Ros Muc in County Galway has been shelved. A pressure group is now strongly campaigning for the centre as promised. AN DRAOI RUA reports. Is cosúil nach bhfuil Dáil Éireann tuillteanach an t-aitheantas ceart a thabhairt don Phiarsach go fóill. Bhí agóid ar siúl ag Teach an Phiarsaigh i Ros Muc, Conamara, Co. na Gaillimhe Luan Cásca seo chaite. Free article

It has been two years since the Colin Safer Neighbourhood Project was initiated in West Belfast, but in that short period of time the impact the programme has had on the local community has been phenomenal. The project has even become a template for other communities and is now expanding throughout Belfast. Free article