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Nights In Armour Ⅱ

Brandon Sullivan 🔖 The killing of an ex-UDR man.The minutiae of an attack on an ex-UDR men is given some detail.  The personalities involved, how it was done, and by whom.  The characteristics needed by the men willing and able to shoot a man dead in front of his co-workers, outside a dairy. And, afterwards, the police, arriving on the scene and dealing with the body of a man who had been shot

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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 CuriousFianna Fáil and Fine Gael see boost in opinion polls but Sinn Féin still most popular single partyMary Lou McDonald refutes accusation that Sinn Féin

Woke Up On A Cross

Gavin Casey ✚ The American extreme right and religious entertainers use the term ‘woke’ as a weapon for pretty-much anything that goes against their agenda; which is obviously the same agenda as the few with the most wealth. In a recent example Politician Matt Gaetz shrieked about a future US military too woke to fight! This is a man currently under investigation for criminal sexual activity

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Drogheda Vigil For Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee

Anthony McIntyre ✒ This evening In Drogheda's West Street residents of the town turned out for a vigil in honour of the two men murdered earlier this week in Sligo.It was a scene replicated across the country as people of various hues gathered in grim determination to stand firm against the hate reaper stalking the streets.It has been strongly suggested that both men were prey for a predatory

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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 Curious'A New Low': CBS News Slammed for Hiring Mick Mulvaney as Contributor'This Is A Tipping Point': Justice Thomas Must Resign, AOC SaysLabour staff 'gagged

Killing Joke 🥁 Honour The Fire 🎵 2022 Travelogue

Christopher Owens 🎵 It’s been a while.August 2019, to be precise. But a few things had happened, meaning that the greatest band in the world must soundtrack these events with the apocalyptic juggernaut of their music. So, a little tour was arranged. Although circumstances beyond anyone’s control forced me to miss Leeds and London, I am grateful I was able to see Killing Joke at least three times

Unlawfully Killed @ 33rd Anniversary

33 years ago today 97 Liverpool FC fans were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough Stadium. There followed a horrific and undeniable smear campaign of blame against the people of Liverpool by the establishment, Thatcher's government, a right wing press and the police.⚽   ⚽   ⚽   ⚽   ⚽   ⚽Jon-Paul Gilhooley - 10Philip Hammond - 14Thomas Anthony Howard - 14Paul Brian Murray - 14Lee Nicol - 14Adam

O’Devaney Gardens ✑ Why Haven’t The Government Acted To Stop Another Victory For Vulture Funds?

Matt Treacy ✒ The news that An Bord Pleanála has now changed its previous decision so that the 524 private homes to be built on the O’Devaney Gardens site can be sold to institutional investors, commonly referred to as “vulture funds,” is a further indication of the growing power of those funds within the housing sector.It is also, by the way, an illustration of a combination of incompetency,

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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 CuriousDespite 'Splashy' Net-Zero Vows, Big Banks Dumping Trillions Into Fossil Fuels'Unthinkable': Scientists Shocked as Polar Temperatures Soar 50 to 90