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WHAT SAILORS THINK Strikes, politics, food wasters and gasoline wanglers ■ ∎ ■ these are the pet peeves of the Royal Navy’s fighting men November 15 1943 NICHOLAS MONSARRAT WHAT SAILORS THINK GENERAL ARTICLES Strikes, politics, food wasters and gasoline wanglers ■ ∎ ■ these are the pet peeves of the Royal Navy’s fighting men NICHOLAS MONSARRAT LIEUT., RNVR WHAT sailors think and talk about affects the ships of the Allied nations at all ti...

A COUPLE of weeks before Christmas 2020, a local prospector Ken Winnell came across what he thought was a war […]

Meridian Clinical Research Becomes DoD Authorized SkillBridge Organization Share Article Meridian Clinical Research is now an authorized SkillBridge organization. SkillBridge, a Department of Defense program, connects Service members with opportunities to gain civilian work experience through internships, apprenticeships, and specific industry training during the last 180 days of their service. “A regimented, detail-oriented approach is necessary for the highly-sensitive work we perform and t...

Remembering the Past - 100 years ago • (clockwise from top left) Patrick Doyle, Frank Flood, Bernard Ryan, Thomas Whelan, Patrick Moran and Thomas Bryan » Mícheál Mac Donncha 100 years ago the British regime executed six IRA Volunteers in Mountjoy Jail, Dublin.  They were hanged on the morning of 14 March as tens of thousands of people, including their families, gathered outside the prison and as hundreds of thousands of workers staged a half-day general strike in protest.  The six men ...

Homeless solution debate heats up Regional push for housing prompts more options, but some are questioning proposed new city policy. The Portland City Council is expected to vote in February to clear the way for more homeless shelters, sanctioned outdoor campsites and alternative group living arrangements to be established in almost every part of Portland. The appointed citizen Planning and Sustainability Commission already has held a briefing, two public hearings and a work session o...

Stunning photography exhibition mixes War of Independence veterans with Syrian refugees Seamus Murphy decided to combine his images of Irish people who lived through traumatic times with recent photographs of refugees whove fled their homeland Part of the Seamus Murphy exhibition in Thurles, L-R: Dan Bally Keating and John Ryan. Tue, 05 Jan, 2021 - 20:00 Marjorie Brennan Seamus Murphy is no stranger to the unexpected, having worked in war zones from Gaza to Syria and covered assignments such ...

The late John Joseph McNeill OAM was an old-fashioned romantic, dedicated grandfather and a champion of the Habana community. He passed away on November 14, aged 74, from jaundice and gall stones which had developed in his kidney and liver. His surviving wife Joyce McNeill said she met the Mackay local during his three-year posting to England in 1971 after he had served in the Vietnam War. "He was an instructor with RAEME (Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)," Mrs...