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Hiroshima And Nagasaki 80th Anniversary

Tommy McKearney ☭  Eighty years ago this month, on the 6th and 9th August 1945, the United States detonated atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 250,000 people – mostly civilians. 12-August-2025Armed with such a devastating weapon, Washington held a decisive global military advantage. However, this ended four years later when the Soviet

The Waterford Families Sleeping On The Streets Just To Stay Together

Waterford News And Star ★ Written by Shannon Sweeney. Recommended by Christy Walsh.When you think about homeless families, does a picture of Mom, Dad and 2.5 children come to mind?If so, then us too.But when the Waterford News and Star visited the Waterford Helping the Homeless unit, that’s not what we found.Catherine and Jack are a mother and son who are both sleeping rough.Eight and a half

Arrested Development 📚 Pop Culture And The Erosion of Adulthood

Christopher Owens 🔖 “We wanna be free. We wanna be free to do what we wanna do. And we wanna get loaded."Sampled by Psychic TV, Mudhoney and Andrew Weatherhall, this quote from Peter Fonda’s character in the cult exploitation flick The Wild Angels succinctly enunciates the mood of the 60’s counterculture: escape from mainstream society through communal living and reaching ecstasy via

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Eight Hundred And Thirteen

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 CuriousTeam News - Away vs Drogheda - 12-09-25 11 September 2025Stephen Bradley reacts to Ireland debacle in Armenia and the FAI Director

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Russia’s Brazen Attack On Poland

Vitalii Portnikov ★ writing on Substack. Russia’s brazen strike against Poland may serve several overlapping objectives. First, it is a test of NATO’s “red lines.” In Moscow, they know perfectly well that the Alliance’s greatest vulnerability lies not in weapons or finances, but in political will. For Putin, the ideal outcome is to demonstrate NATO’s institutional paralysis and,

The Importance Of Paying Attention

Anthony McIntyre  ☠ Boycotting Israeli products and services is a non-lethal but essential weapon used by people of conscience opposed to Zionist genocide in Gaza. Last week at the Drogheda Stands With Palestine vigil in West Street, one of the speakers again reminded us of the need to maintain the boycott. She made a specific reference to Cadbury. Mentioning a different

The Flying of Flags 🎌 Patriotic or Racist?

Caoimhin O’Muraile  ☭ It has been noticed flags, both union flags and the Cross of Saint George, have appeared on lampposts across England.Firstly the cross of Saint George is the national flag of England and has different meanings for different people and unlike other parts of Britain the English flag is flown in conjunction with the Union Flag. To clarify, in Scotland, the