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Wrong Calculations From Both Russia And Ukraine?

Caoimhin O’Muraile ☭ Did The Russian And Ukrainian Leaders Both Get It Wrong? What Is the Possible Agenda of Both? What About the Fate of Football?The debate on the rights and wrongs of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine go endlessly on and on. There is perhaps only one area of common agreement on the situation and that is the plight of Ukrainian civilians, women and children primarily, caught up in

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Black Shamrock ☘ What the Black Shamrock Stands For

Black Shamrock ☘  On 17th March (St Patrick’s Day) 2022 we are relaunching the Black Shamrock to reassert and make visible our commitment to Irish neutrality.As the European Union accelerates its movement towards militarisation, the Black Shamrock is a call to not only protect our commitment to neutrality in Ireland but to expand and deepen our approach to principled neutrality as others would

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Fifty 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, Let Us At Least Be Curious‘A real and grave threat to patients’ – Doctors warn lives at risk due to hospital overcrowdingQ&A: Geoffrey NiceGerry Adams fails to have parts of

Harvey

Dixie Elliot ✒ A character from the H Blocks and the Cages who's name rarely gets a mention is Harvey the ghostly pilot.His spirit reputedly wandered through Long Kesh scaring the shit out of unfortunate prisoners in the dead of night.  Long Kesh was built on the site of a disused WW2 airfield. Sections of the former runways can be seen on aerial photos of the prison.There was a period in 1977,

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Jim Barbour

Tony Maguire ✒ On Saturday last we buried my good friend, colleague, compulsory Fire Brigade acquaintance, heavy drinking crony and good comrade, Jim Barbour. Jim BarbourThe send off that his wife Roberta and daughter Alex gave him was exactly what he would have wanted. It’s only today that feel adequately recovered and able to put these words together.  I had a drink with him just before

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And Fifty 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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousWill China Try to Stop Russia’s War in Ukraine?The Sanction Backlash Will Push The 'West' To Accept Russia's DemandsPutin using false 'Nazi' narrative

Worker Activists Call For Solidarity Against War

People And Nature ☭ A statement by the Global Labour Institute Network, published yesterday, calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian military forces from Ukrainian territory and for solidarity against warThe full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory by Russian military forces on 24 February 2022 has unleashed a murderous war at the centre of Europe. Not only soldiers on both sides, but

Gunning For Fourth Spot

Peter Anderson ⚽ The race for fourth is fast becoming the defining part of the Premier table this season. The top three have been nailed on since the first weeks and, barring a disaster for Chelsea over the Abramovich goings on, the top three will finish in the top three. The bottom three also look nailed on at this point, Norwich and Burnley have looked doomed all season and as Watford fell into