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Binary Questions

Paddy Mooney ✒ This is the third article on this broad
topic. I didn’t think id be writing a trilogy when I wrote the first - "Covid Passports" One Step Too Far - and I’ll
keep this short. For context see Left Lockdown Sceptic In Ireland.I will be attending the Rally for Truth and Proper Healthcare on Saturday the 27th in Dublin. I never attended any Yellow Vest Rally styled to contest the same

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And 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, Let Us At Least Be CuriousFormer Chief Justice Blasts British Plans To Override Court JudgmentsThe NUJ Congratulates Journalist Nobel Prize WinnersAnalyzing Mass IncarcerationThe

Predominance 11

Christopher Owens 🎵 “We burned out. I was left for dead/At six o’clock I was so alone. I crawled inside/Nowhere else to go/I could be dead for all you know/Every day I died for you. Valium boys with painted eyes/Young men need love special. I don’t think I want it at all.” - Tubeway Army As we prepare to bid farewell to a year that could be described as, at best, transitional and, at worse,

A Morning Thought @ 1261

Sinn Féin Oppose Another Housing Plan They Once Supported

Matt Treacy ✒ last night, Dublin City Council voted by 36 to 23 to approve the building of 853 housing units at Oscar Traynor Road on the north side of Dublin.23-November-2021The Glenveagh development will be in the ratio of 40:40:20 – social housing: affordable housing: and cost rental – long term tenancy with a rent that covers build cost.On the face of it that would seem to be preferable to

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Hundred And One

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 CuriousDavy Tweed: Secondrow. Four Caps. Paedophile. Wife Beater. BigotTesco Shops Are Targeted By Anti-Vaxxers Because Christmas Ad Shows Santa Is Fully

Farewell Ole

Caoimhin O’Muraile ⚽ On Sunday 21st November 2021 the Board (essentially the Glazers) at Old Trafford parted company with their manager and “United legend, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer” after a series of disappointing results and, indeed, overall performances by the team.Ole will always remain a legend at Manchester United and, along with the immortal Busby Babes of the fifties who, I firmly believe but

A Morning Thought @ 1260

Albert Reynolds ➖ Risktaker for Peace

Tommy McKearney 🔖 finds Conor Lenihan’s book reflecting on the career of Albert Reynolds interesting and in parts informative. Unfortunately the publication ultimately proves a disappointment due to the nature of its analysis. Perhaps because of the author’s family background or his relationship with the subject, the story that emerges is one of a successful, self-made business man and

No Greater Love

Former blanketman Seamus Kearney is the author of a book detailing his experience of those desolate years when he and many other prisoners both protested against and prevailed over British government attempts to depict resistance to British policy in Ireland as an aggravated crime wave.  No Greater Love - An epic story of the triumph of the human spirit will be launched by another former