#Ireland

Thats a fairly disgraceful piece from Diarmaid Ferriter in the @IrishTimes where he uses his platform to throw a load of misleading & incorrect claims above #Covid19 into the public
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THREAD (in progress)In 46 years the UK electorate has been allowed 2 votes on EEC/EU matters. Over the same period the EU has changed beyond recognition. Here are just some
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This is actually unbelievable. In the UK, students couldn't take A-level exams due to the pandemic, so scores were automatically determined by an algorithm. As a result, most of the
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Considering your options ahead of the CAO deadline? Maybe you've decided what you want to study, but have you considered all the options for *how* you might study? No matter
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① THE GAP Is there really something so exceptional and special about Britain that makes the requirements of our country so different to all the other countries of Europe? ②
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Latest Cth Govt responses to @lidia__thorpe’s questions on #OPCAT.1/ Cth Govt states it’s not necessary to incorporate provisions of OPCAT into federal legislation & it’s a matter for States/Territories whether
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Some thoughts on the 'the diaspora did not contribute enough' tweets. 1. We always say that the Armenian diaspora counts 7+ million people. I firmly believe this as well. However,
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In the summer of 1985, a phenomenon struck Ireland.Statues of saints were moving spontaneously.In over thirty locations across the small island, holy statues swayed, prayed or wept.Hundreds of thousands of
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It's been two months since the eight @BritishArmy veterans lost their legal battle to stay in the UK, but still nothing from the government.These men fought for our country and
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All those who think tv representations of the past don’t matter and don’t impact on wider public memory, do have a read on Tim Edensor’s work on Braveheart ... or
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The “Irish slaves” memes are getting even more desperate. This one (depicting Irish Spring soap!) was created in reaction to the announcement that the Aunt Jemima branding, which is based
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1. Declan Walsh’s “The Nine Lives of Pakistan” distills the complexity of Pakistan in page turning prose. It isn’t intended as an academic work so at the risk of nit-picking
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1/... Very interesting paper from Scotland on net carbon balances in forestry. Would be interesting to do similar analysis in Ireland but imagine broad conclusions would be sameNot seeing the
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1. "Will There Be A Day Of Reckoning For Ryan Tubridy & RTÉ When All Is Said & Done ?" 1/19 2. Ryan Tubridy is probably one of Ireland’s
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Many things to be said about why the Eastman essay on whether Kamala Harris is a natural-born citizen is wrong but let must just introduce you to case of Julia
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The implications of our historic Supreme Court case must not be undermined by Ireland’s Climate Bill 2020.We have serious concerns on this front & more generally the Bill needs to
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