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Election Successes . . . ... What Election Successes?

Dixie Elliot ✊ Ten brave men had died! Gerry Adams: Belfast Media, August 20th 2025:... Today, Wednesday 20th August marks the anniversary of the death on hunger strike in 1981 of Mickey Devine. Mickey was the last of the ten men to die and several weeks later the hunger strike ended on 3 October. It was also the day the by-election was held in Fermanagh South Tyrone caused by

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Seven Hundred And Ninety Seven

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 CuriousEU damaged by 'lethargic' Gaza response, says PresidentIsrael pounds Gaza City outskirts as military push quickens - LMFMMicrosoft

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 158

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 18-August-2025. In this week’s bulletin⬤ In memoriam David Chichkan.⬤ Miners’ union denounces bombing frenzy.⬤ Russian abductions of women and girls and indoctrination of children.⬤ Connections between Gaza and Ukraine.⬤ US hint at ‘West Bank style” occupation in Ukraine. ⬤ Anti-militarism without pacifism.News from the territories

Heroes Of Arra Commemoration

North Tipperary Republican Movement Committee    is organising a plaque unveiling. Date: 21-September-2025Time: 1400Speaker: Bernadette McAliskeyVenue: Boher Cross North TipperaryAssembly Point: Boher Old School @ 1315

A Morning Thought @ 2840

A Morning Thought @ 2839

Electrify Home Heating And Phase Out Gas

People And Nature ☭  Electrification and the installation of heat pumps should be the principle technology for decarbonising homes in the UK, Tom Ackers argues in this edited excerpt from his new pamphlet. In a linked article here, he assesses the great potential for reducing energy throughput by retrofitting buildings with insulation.🔴 The whole pamphlet, Remaking Home

Drogheda's Weekly Stand With Palestine

LMFM 🎤 Drogheda Stands With Palestine Awareness Of Weekly Meeting In Drogheda On The Steps St. Peters Church.Listen here.

A Personal Tribute To The Rev Martin Smyth

Dr John Coulter ✍ “Whatever you do, have nothing to do with the National Front!”That quote seems a rather unusual - maybe even flippant - way to begin my tribute to the late Rev Martin Smyth, a former UUP MP for South Belfast and former Grand Master of the Orange Order, who died recently aged 94.It was actually said to me by Rev Smyth in the Seventies as we had Sunday lunch in Clough

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

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 CuriousMassive Ocean Regime Shift, AlarmingChapter 16: Climate Change: Where is the accountability for the killers ushering in the