Monthly Archives: October 2008

THE IRA : the new IRA is younger , more radical and has seen little of life other than violence……. By Ed Moloney. From ‘Magill’ magazine, September 1980. In East Tyrone the IRA has had mixed results in its level … Continue reading →

Irish Hedge School : ‘Back to the Future’ for our children…? “…..”The Irish who could afford the Hedgemaster’s fee sent their children to Hedge Schools where Gaelic brehons, storytellers and musicians secretly taught Irish history, tradition, and told tales of … Continue reading →

“Shame on those in Leinster House…..” : a ‘retain-the-medical-card’ protester outside ‘anti-medical-card’-Leinster House today (Wednesday 22 October 2008) objecting to the attempted political State mugging of old age pensioners by Fianna Fail , the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats … Continue reading →

THE IRA : the new IRA is younger , more radical and has seen little of life other than violence……. By Ed Moloney. From ‘Magill’ magazine, September 1980. In late 1978 however the IRA devised a new method of producing … Continue reading →

On the right of our pic is the State Minister responsible for the 14th October 2008 Budget , Brian Lenihan . On the left of the pic is a high-ranking cop , helping Brian to use Google to find the … Continue reading →

PROTEST OUTSIDE LEINSTER HOUSE OVER MEDICAL CARD CHANGES…. “The over-70s medical card plays a key role in helping many older people remain living in their own homes. The guaranteed access it provided for holders to a GP meant that their … Continue reading →

THE IRA : the new IRA is younger , more radical and has seen little of life other than violence……. By Ed Moloney. From ‘Magill’ magazine, September 1980. Methods of attack have also varied : blast incendiaries were introduced in … Continue reading →

Republican Sinn Féin placard used on the ‘Health Protest’ march in Dublin on Saturday 11th October 2008. First things first : apologises for the delay in publishing this post – we had one of these to organise on the same … Continue reading →

“Health cuts hurt the old, the sick and the handicapped…” “THE FAMILY of a woman who died in the toilet of the AE unit at Dublin’s Mater hospital earlier this year after waiting hours for a bed has urged the … Continue reading →

THE IRA : the new IRA is younger , more radical and has seen little of life other than violence……. By Ed Moloney. From ‘Magill’ magazine, September 1980. When the IRA’s Director of Operations , Brian Keenan, was arrested in … Continue reading →