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Arbour Hill Easter Commemoration 2025

Colm McGuinness 📢 delivered the oration at Arbour Hill Cemetery on Easter Monday. The annual commemoration is organised by the National 1916 Commemoration Committee.Standing here today does not make you an Irish republican. If we choose to stand in this hallowed spot as Irish republicans then we must relay to the Irish people, in clear and concise terms, our justification and credentials for

The Military Vulnerability of Europe 🪶 A Blind Spot For The Western Left

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières ✏ Written by Hanna Perekhoda.Ukrainian activist Hana Perekhoda says there is a fundamental contradiction in European leftist thinking: opposition to European rearmament based on its presumed status as an imperialist power, while reality reveals an alarming military vulnerability. In the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine and within an

Out Now 📚 Paul Clements

Merrion Press 🔖has just published a new book by Paul Clements.  

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Thirty

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousChild among at least 10 killed in Israeli attack on school shelter in GazaUN to review the impact of UNRWA in Gaza and

A Morning Thought @ 2576

A Morning Thought @ 2575

Race To The Bottom

Muiris Ó Súilleabháin ✍ So much has been happening across Ireland, north and south since New Sinn Fein (NSF) were spanked in the November 2024 elections. The mandatory coalition of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael (FFFG) are guaranteed to govern the 26 counties beyond 2035. The interdependence of each party upon the other will ensure a continuation of this parasitic relationship unless a

What Adolescence Gets Wrong

Q 🎥 Written by Ari David Blaff. Recommended by Christopher Owens. Adolescence is a moving work of art but a misleading representation of the challenges facing British boys.Alek Minassian was an awkward kid in my high school. He’d meow at students in the cafeteria and could never look a woman in the eye. “I’m afraid of girls,” he often declared unprompted in a high-pitched childish

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 139

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 23-March-2025. In this week’s bulletin⬤  more evidence of Russian war crimes and torture from several sources.⬤  and human rights violations, including children’s rights.News from the territories occupied by RussiaRussians abduct and torture father and teenage son from occupied Luhansk oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Twenty Nine

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousPope's Easter address denounces 'contempt' for migrants following meeting with VancePope Francis tried to change the Catholic