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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Where were the Irish people

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Nothing whatsoever can ameliorate the damage that has been done to the children who were barbarised in institutional homes. Certainly a misu...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Who were the people in charge?

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Kevin O'Connor's article in yesterday's Irish Times obliges the reader to ask is there a nexus between all of this horror and m...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Titles

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No doubt the Catholic directory for Ireland for 2010 is being currently prepared. Men will be given titles, such as Reverend Father, Very Re...

The man in the bracelets

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At a time such as this when public indignation is high it may well be difficult to say something measured and meaningful. Maybe that is not ...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

On this Ascension Thursday

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There is little or nothing to say today on this blog on this Ascension Thursday. Maybe one sentiment and that is that all forms of clericali...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Three elections in one day

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Watching the election countdown is interesting. Fine Gael canvassers were in the Churchtown area last evening. They were polite and knowledg...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Fergus Finlay on child abuse

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According to informed sources the report on the Dublin archdiocese, due out later this month, will carry horrific revelations. Nothing can b...
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Election campaigners

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The election material is pouring in our letter boxes and if you are living in a bye-election area the stuff is falling out of the sky on the...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

En route to the Holy Land

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This is an interview with Pope Benedict during his flight to the Holy Land. It is something of a 'quaint' set up in that the person ...

Political images

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We are in recession. It looks likely that SR Technics will close its doors as planned with no chance of someone buying the concern. The dole...

Words and how we perceive them

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On a posting on this blog on May 5 it was said that a priest in a sermon said that we should ask election candidates if they believe in the ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Pope story is not a story

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It certainly has to be a question of lazy journalism. A number of media outlets today have made reference to Pope Benedict as young Josef Ra...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Looking out the window

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In good weather there must be few places in the world as beautiful as Ireland. Yesterday in West Kerry the top of Mount Brandon was clear - ...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Declan Ganley and 'gentlemen'

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Libertas founder Declan Ganley when asked if Lech Walesa was paid a fee for addressing the party's meeting in Rome commented, "G...
Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Preaching

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Journalists like priests get stale and it is inevitable that just as the quality of writing can vary so too can the quality of preaching. Bu...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

CORI challenges Government to reveal privatisation plans

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CORI Justice challenges Government in social partnership talks on privatisation of services. Government's proposed reduction in tax rev...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Cycling in Ireland

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It's difficult to understand how the minds of politicians work. The report below about cycling has elements of madness about it. Right n...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Guardian done it

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How the mighty have fallen. The lead story on page 29 of yesterday's Guardian runs 'America sunk these pirates, but the Age of Migh...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Dublin Bus

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On Thursday Dublin Bus ran a large size advertisement in the daily press informing passengers of new timetable schedules. The new services w...
Thursday, April 9, 2009

Not all have been 'shocked'

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Two distinct items in today's newspaper which deserve comment, one concerning paedophilia and the other homosexuality. Archbishop Diarm...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

A broken promise

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On Sunday morning in Prague in front of the statue of the Czech hero Tomas Masaryk, President Barak Obama gave a sensational speech where h...
Tuesday, April 7, 2009

No resurrection without a cross

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This article appears in today's Irish Times . Why there can be no resurrection without a cross PÁDRAIC CONWAY RITE AND REASON: HOLY WEEK...
Monday, April 6, 2009

Obama in Prague

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The icing on the cake! President Obama gave a sensational speech in Prague on Sunday morning. Yes, words are never actions but the speech ha...
Thursday, April 2, 2009

Views in the media

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On my desk is the April issue of Hotpress . Alongside it is the April edition of Alive . In his editorial Niall Stokes writes about the pope...
Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Eschatology on April Fool's Day

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A Dominican student writes on the Dominican Oxford blog on April 1 that the Dominican habit is an eschatological sign. Is the Dominican habi...
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April Fool's Day

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Nice one. Today's Irish Times has a clever April Fool's gag on its front page. Could anyone imagine Dr AJF O'Reilly or Dr Sm...

The curtains are gone

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The curtains have disappeared. When Irish Rail introduced its new InterCity fleet on the Dublin Cork service, the Spanish built trains came ...

An expensive bed time

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We are living in unprecedented times. The economic situation is so bleak and unpredictable that what was said yesterday becomes irrelevant t...

Death of the past participle

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Anne Marie Houriihane wrote in Monday's Irish Times, ‘He has showed us up – quivering, self-conscious girlies that we are. Casby got ...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Whether or not upper case letter

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When does a noun have an upper case first letter? Is there a rule on the issue? There was a time when school children learned that all prope...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Krupp dynasty

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German television ZDF are currently showing a programme on the Krupp family. The final part of the trilogy is on Wednesday evening. It is ...
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