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John Crawley Easter Oration 2025

John Crawley 🎤 delivers an oration in commemoration of the 109th anniversary of the Easter Rising. John Crawley is a former IRA volunteer and author of The Yank.

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Forty 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 CuriousThe Trump-Putin Alliance Spares Moscow from Tariff War and Strengthens Russia's Position Towards EuropeFrance: Faced with the new

The Irish Government V The People 🪶 Homes Ravaged By Internal Sulphate Attack

Enda Craig ⬟ The disgraceful neglect by successive Irish governments has left thousands of innocent Donegal residents suffering, as their homes crumble due to defective concrete — a direct result of inadequate government oversight.When the State finds itself entangled in a disaster of its own making, its response is often a study in calculated detachment.For each affected homeowner

Coming Soon 📚 Cormac Moore

Merrion Press 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book by Cormac Moore.  

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 141

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 7-April-2025. In this week’s bulletin⬤ an antifascist who joined Ukraine’s army.⬤ Statement: humanitarian issues in occupied areas.⬤ former POW Maksym Butkevych.⬤ Russian propaganda in Germany.⬤ More evidence of Russian torture.News from the territories occupied by Russia18-year-old escapes Russian-occupied Luhansk in search of “Ukraine and

A Morning Thought @ 2604

A Morning Thought @ 2603

It Is Time To Recognise Sex Apartheid As A Crime Against Humanity

Maryam Namazie ✊The 69th session of the Commission on the Status of Women is taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 11 to 22 March 2025. The main focus is an appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women 30 years ago.The Platform for Action mentions twelve critical

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Six Hundred And Forty 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 CuriousMick O’Dwyer, the most successful GAA football manager of all time who possessed a ferocious energy and was a charismatic

Kneecap Take The Rap

Barry Gilheany ✍ For the last fortnight or so much sound and print has been expended on the latest exploits of Kneecap, the West Belfast Irish language rap band – where Trainspotting and the Sex Pistols meet in the venue of the Gailgeoir. The controversy surrounds their promotion of the Palestinian cause at the Coachella Festival; officially the Coachella Valley Music and