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July 22, 2022

Vicious Circle

Christopher Owens 🎥 For a man who (allegedly) once told a Royal Navy recruitment officer that he would love to burgle houses for the Royal Navy (as the position he was applying for was as a bugler), Martin Cahill did extremely well in life. His execution at the hands of (*insert whoever*) in August 1994 merely solidified the legend of The General: rising from the Hollyfield flats in Rathmines,
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Published on July 22, 2022 02:00

July 21, 2022

Is The GAA Retreating In The Cultural War?

Matt Treacy - Yesterday’s All Ireland hurling final will be recalled as one of the best, certainly the most exciting, for a long time. It marked the formal accession of this Limerick team into the Pantheon of the great teams by virtue of their having won their third title in succession, and their fourth in five years.Only Kilkenny, Tipperary and Cork have even managed to do this previously. Now,
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Published on July 21, 2022 14:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Seventy Four

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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousReformers Notch a “Fragile” Victory at Southern Baptist Convention ElectionsRegulator fails to act on religious charity’s homophobic, anti-vax memesOver
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Published on July 21, 2022 12:00

Is The 26 Counties Military Neutrality At Risk?

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Since the formation of the Irish 26 County Free State back in 1922 the state has held a position of military neutrality. This was brought to a head during the Second World War – the Emergency – as the government of Eamon de Valera took a neutral stance. Today that neutrality is looking increasingly under strain, not through or from external pressure, but by the government in
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Published on July 21, 2022 01:00

July 20, 2022

Joy And Fun Are Fucking Killing Me ✑ Act Ⅰ

Michael Praetorius ✒ opens up with the first act in what is hopefully a coat of many colours.The (Sh)Ape I’m InAppalled at the thought that you might be 'descended from monkeys'? Me too. No, I’m only joking. Sure, chimps are brilliant, except that they don’t have opposable thumbs. And, anyway, we aren’t ‘descended’; we share a common ancestor. There is, though, one species of modern man that is
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Published on July 20, 2022 11:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Seventy Three

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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousBritain: The Rail Strikes Are Entirely JustifiedAdditional Prison Inmates Starve to Death as Crisis Worsens in HaitiUN Human Rights Office Confirms:
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Published on July 20, 2022 10:00

July 19, 2022

Threats To Democracy ✑ The Anti-Vaccination Movement As Gateway To Far Right Extremism

Barry Gilheany ✒ One of the most disturbing aspects of the Covid era has been the massive fillip given to anti-vaccination movement and the related route it has provided to far right and other types of violent extremism. Anti-vaccination movements can trace their lineage to the 19th century with the discovery of the smallpox vaccine and the resistance to compulsory vaccination measures instituted
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Published on July 19, 2022 13:00

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Seventy Two

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 CuriousMedicare for All Could Have Prevented More Than 338,000 US Covid Deaths: StudyIlhan Omar Says 49 Million Facing Famine 'Should Be the
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Published on July 19, 2022 12:00

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