Jim Larkin ‘And Tyranny trampled them in Dublin’s gutter until Jim Larkin came along and cried the call of Freedom and the call of Pride.’ (Sign at the foot of the Larkin statue on O’Connell Street). Ironically enough, given the […]
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On September 13th 1911, staff of the East Wall Wharf National School arrived to work to be confronted with a sign that read ‘Any boy cot going into school and not following other schoolboys examples will be killed by order […]
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Striking Times By Eric Hillis By the time the Dublin Lock-Out took place in 1913, workers downing tools in protest had become a growing global phenomenon. With the United States experiencing industrial growth on an unprecedented scale, it became the […]
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On the 12th of March I went on the Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour of Dublin City with a friend of mine. We had gone on similar bus tours of Edinburgh, Barcelona and Budapest and found them a great way of […]
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After spending a year working as a messenger boy, on a messenger boy’s bike for Hunt Bros of Grand Canal Street, I got a job driving a lift at College Green for Friends Provident and Century Life Insurance. The building […]
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In the wake of the Gathering 2013, and in the aftermath of last year’s deluge of activity post-emancipation from copyright, Bloomsday (June 16th) has been approaching with little fanfare this year. Nonetheless, this international celebration of James Joyce’s great modernist […]
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How to grow healthy, happy, smart kids From the very start of life, all the way up to late teens, the body is growing and developing at a phenomenal rate. This high speed growth and development needs to be supported […]
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“If you have a good relationship and a laugh with children they’ll respect you more,” says Jane Farrelly, a resource teacher in St. Patrick’s Boys’ National School in Ringsend who deals with children who suffer from a variety of behavioural […]
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This recipe is surprisingly easy for something that looks so impressive when you produce it at a party or picnic. It looks like a plain loaf of bread until you cut it open to reveal colourful layers of roast vegetables […]
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As our Government juggles the rights of the gays and the girlies in the air, waiting to see which one explodes and causes the biggest mess for them to prioritise, other ‘Catholic’ countries are putting civil rights before churches’ slights. […]
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