Monthly Archives: January 2011

39TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘BLOODY SUNDAY’ : DUBLIN GPO PICKET , SATURDAY 29TH JANUARY 2011 – BRIEF REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPHS. At 11.30am today , three RSF members met , as arranged, beneath the Pillars of the GPO in O’Connell Street , … Continue reading →

LEGAL DRUG TRIALS : ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT. (The following information was brought to our attention by a reader of this blog , and was published in a Sunday newspaper in December 2009 : the person who contacted us did so … Continue reading →

GOGARTY CUTS…….GOOD NIGHT ! The above bus-shelter election poster , located in the Cherrywood area of Clondalkin , Dublin , was recently ‘adjusted’ (by persons unknown) by the addition of that speech-bubble , reminding passers-by that the Green Party , … Continue reading →

LEGAL DRUG TRIALS : ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.(The following information was brought to our attention by a reader of this blog , and was published in a Sunday newspaper in December 2009 : the person who contacted us did so on … Continue reading →

‘BLOODY SUNDAY’ PICKET , DUBLIN , SATURDAY 29TH JANUARY 2011…. After a peaceful Civil Rights march on January 30th , 1972 – from Creggan to Free Derry Corner – units of the British army Parachute Regiment opened fire with automatic … Continue reading →

AN EXPERIMENT IN JAMES STREET : THE DEATH OF NIALL RUSH……. From ‘MAGILL’ magazine , September 1984. By Derek Dunne. Following amendments to the ‘Food and Drug Act’ in America , many pharmaceutical companies took their testing overseas due to … Continue reading →

THREE MORE CABHAIR SWIM PICS FROM 25th DECEMBER 2010…. “If CABHAIR can hold an outdoor swim in these weather conditions , then they can do it in ANY weather conditions…..!” Some of those that braved the elements for CABHAIR on … Continue reading →

VOL FERGAL O’ HANLON COMMEMORATION , SUNDAY 9th JANUARY 2011 : BRIEF REPORT AND PHOTOGRAPH. A crowd of between 80 and 100 Republicans attended the commemoration for Fergal O’Hanlon organised by Republican Sinn Féin on Sunday January 9th 2011. The … Continue reading →

“….my name is O’Hanlon, I’ve just gone 16, my home is in Monaghan, thats where I was weaned….its nearly 2 years since I’ve wandered away, with the local battalion of the bold IRA, I’d read of our heros and wanted … Continue reading →

(CABHAIR Swim update : a freelance photographer took these pics at the Swim on Christmas Day last.) AND WE’RE BACK! We had a wee bit of a breather , although we were kept busy enough with the CABHAIR Swim which … Continue reading →