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Duel In The Dail

Anthony McIntyre ✒ Pearse Doherty has been one of the most effective speakers on the opposition benches in Leinster House in recent years.His blistering critiques of government policy on the economy, poverty, taxation, public spending, homelessness and whatever other under-cooked dishes ministers serve up, have been no less insightful than they have been polemical. The critique he has

Re/Search People Series ✑ Bob Flanagan

Christopher Owens 🔖 Fear of death drives us to extremities.✑People are either so paralysed by this terror that it leads them to never taking chances, which ends up with them settling down in a dead-end job with a dead-end relationship in which the most exciting moment is getting out of work early on Friday so they can watch Graham Norton, drink Prosecco and have five minutes of missionary

A Morning Thought @ 1461

Lynn Boylan Deletes Twitter Account After ‘Terf Cutting’ Row

Matt Treacy ✒ Sinn Féin Senator Lynn Boylan has landed herself in hot water – not least with some others on the left – after she “liked” a tweet that appears to advocate or condone violence against women who have been labelled “Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists” or TERFs by radical transgender activists.A photo of the sticker, which was posted on a pole in Dublin, shows the words ‘Terf Cutter

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Thirty 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 CuriousScientists Urge 'Transformative Change' to Stave Off Climate, Biodiversity CollapseCarbon ColonialismEnvironmental activists in Russia are

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Forty

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FC United European Champions

Caoimhin O’Muraile ⚽ Football Club United of Manchester is a non-league semi-professional football club competing in the Northern Premier League, Premier division, the seventh tier of English football.The club was formed in 2005 by disgruntled Manchester United supporters who were brassed off about price hikes, making games at Old Trafford unaffordable for working-class fans, changing kick-off

A Morning Thought @ 1460

'Damning Assessment Of LUH'

Catherine McGinty ✒ 'Systemic failure across complaint handling processes' - Emergency Department Patient.15-June-2022“A damning overall assessment” was the affected patient's description of the Ombudsman ordered review into Letterkenny University Hospital's official complaint handling processes.The review was carried out by the National Director of the HSE's Quality Assurance and Verification

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Thirty Eight

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 CuriousGreg Abbott faces boos at site of Uvalde shooting as he arrives to meet with BidenUS Gun Violence: 'Why Does This Only Happen in Your