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The Orange Aussies (Free article)
10 August 2000
Australia is, we are often told down here, the most Irish country in the world outside of Ireland. From Famine era settlers to Fenian convicts, the popular memory of Irish immigration to Australia is largely Gaelic, nationalist and Catholic. The cultural and historical legacy of the Irish contribution to this country is well documented and…
Bigotry in Ballsbridge (Free article)
10 August 2000
This week, the Dublin government capitulated to the demands of a small group of residents in Ballsbridge, Dublin, that a planned reception centre for asylum seekers should not go ahead.
Mála Poist (Free article)
10 August 2000
The Erogenous Zone A Chairde, Drag artist Ms Candy recently hosted the annual charity lunch and fashion show to raise funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre availed of mainly by working class women victims of male sexual violence. This glamorous occasion, attended by high profile celebrities, featured a wonderful exposition of female…
Secrets and lies (Free article)
10 August 2000
Propaganda is rarely just about telling lies. It's more often about which bit of the truth is presented and which bit is suppressed. Think of it as a fractured mirror. A mirror can only reflect what's there, but fragmentation can fundamentally distort the image you see.
Baby's four cancelled lung operations expose nursing crisis (Free article)
10 August 2000
THE DAILY TRAUMA endured by families whose children have vital hospital operations cancelled because of a shortage of nurses in the main children's hospital in the 26 Counties has gone virtually unnoticed by the general public and ignored by the Dublin Government. But the issue was thrust into the national media headlines this week when a Sinn…
Childhood betrayed (Free article)
10 August 2000
In the 1940s, John Prior was sent to St Joseph's of Tralee by the ISPCC, never to be checked upon again. He was two years old when he entered the institutional home for boys and did not leave until he was 16, making him the longest person ever to stay there.
Guatemala's missing children (Free article)
10 August 2000
Guatemala's military stands accused of kidnapping and even trading in hundreds of indigenous Mayan children during that country's 36-year civil war, which finally came to an end in 1996.
Put criminal's money back in poor communities (Free article)
10 August 2000
Following a Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) report that it took £16m from criminals last year, Dublin Central Sinn Féin Councillor Nicky Kehoe has called for the confiscated criminal funds to be reinvested in disadvantaged communities.
Mair a chapaill is gheobhaidh tú féar! (Free article)
10 August 2000
Scaoileann an Draoi Rua le rúin capaill ach an gcuirfidh sé geall orthu?
Closures hit Wexford (Free article)
10 August 2000
People believe that the South West Region is minting money. After all, Wexford is on the east coast. But it isn't true. The jobs are leaving and Wexford is fast becoming a satellite town with very few employment opportunities for young people.
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