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Predominance 18

Christopher Owens 🎵  “It's the good life to be free and explore
the unknown/Like the heartaches when you learn you must face them alone.” - 🎸 Neil Hannon Moon.        Horns UpNew Horizons 

Deathfiend – Beyond Life

Another blistering release from Johnny
Doom, this time coming from the metal spectrum (hell, the name comes from
Hellhammer). With influences ranging from Celtic Frost right through

A Morning Thought @ 1468

Ireland Most Expensive In EU For Day-To-Day Costs ✑ 40% Higher Than Average

Matt Treacy ✒ Data from across the EU collated by Eurostat shows that prices for consumer goods and services are 40% higher in Ireland than the EU average. Which means that Ireland is the second most expensive EU state along with Denmark.The fact that housing is one of the costs that are substantially higher here than in other countries – at almost 90% greater than the EU average – will come as

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Forty 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 CuriousBoris Johnson news latest: More than half of Britons ‘think Tories wrong to back PM’Henry Kissinger at 99: how to avoid another world

The Origins Of The Billy Boys ✑ Sectarian Song

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ The chant, The Billy Boys can be heard often at Glasgow Rangers and Linfield football matches and on Orange parades around the six counties and Britain, particularly Glasgow and Liverpool. Hearts supporters also sing a version of this hate filled bigoted song which is sang to the air Marching Through Georgia. A different version of this song, totally unrelated, in fact in

A Morning Thought @ 1467

Ukraine ✑ Ireland's Cause?

Gowain McKenna ✒ The Irish Free State government are only concerned with fitting into an over-reaching globalist agenda, concerned solely with profit and the latest trends in 'cancel culture'. When put under the smallest degree of scrutiny their acts of charity coupled with the implementation of Russian sanctions can only be interpreted as virtue signalling, done entirely to appease their EU

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Forty Five

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 Curious'Radical and Disgusting Stance': 44% of GOP Voters Think US Just Has to Accept Mass ShootingsDesperation, Pain Drives Debate Over Making

Murder Incorporated

Mick Hall ☭ The club of BRICS emerging economies formed in 2009 is home to more than 40% of the global population and accounts for nearly a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product. President Xi of China will chair the virtual BRICS summit later this week, three of its most influential members - China, India and South Africa abstained from voting on a UN resolution condemning Russia’s

Divided Families ✑ The Civil War In Drogheda

The Old
Drogheda Society ✒ will be hosting its
Annual John Boyle O'Reilly School in
the Governor's House, Millmount on Saturday July 2nd. This year’s theme is “Divided Families The Civil War in Drogheda" and examines the social and political scene in Drogheda and its surroundings as the Irish War of Independence ends and the Irish Civil War begins in June 1922.Talks will give new insights into