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Elections in western democracies keep throwing up unexpected results. Continue reading
The student experience in UNSW, Sydney was markedly different from that of Trinity. Continue reading
Two veterans of Irish Dance honoured in Australia Day list for a lifetime of teaching. Continue reading
The seventh in Elizabeth Sharkey is my grandmother’s grandmother, through an all-female line. I like to imagine this line as a fine gold thread coming from my heart and connecting me from mother to mother, spanning the oceans and the centuries back to a bleak workhouse in the town of Omagh in County Tyrone, Ireland. … Continue reading
I find myself on the road again, here in Australia, and speaking Irish daily once more. Continue reading
Irish Language poems by Colin Ryan Continue reading
Where Numbers Tell a Story Sinn Fein fielded 42 candidates; 37 were successful. Dublin West: Paul Donnelly (SF) 12,456, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 8,478 Dublin north west: Dessie Ellis (SF) 14,375. Next was Roisin Shortall 6,124 Dublin Central: Mary Lou McDonald (SF) 11,223; Pascal Donohoe (FG) 4,181 Dublin Bay North: Denise Mitchell (SF) 21,344. Richard Bruton, … Continue reading
Magistrate Fiona Hayes drew comparisons between laws and court practices in Victoria and Ireland with regard to family violence. Continue reading
A new musical play by Felix Meagher Continue reading
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