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Art is love: Seacoast artists talk about living to create Vandy Leigh Love is an enigma. It means different things to different people, there is no rule book and no way to actually put into words what it means to you personally. There is no way “your” love can be understood, in all its subtly, by another person. It is like a vapor, you can’t grab on to, it develops, it grows, it changes, becomes a wisp, then a tornado, it hangs in the air, and it can die. The experience of love is as different as every individual. Over my many years of participating in the arts community and interviewing dozens upon dozens of artists I have found that art is much like love. ....
It’s been a five-year war on organised crime that has changed the landscape of the underworld and how An Garda Síochána should fight gangland in Ireland forever. Never before has a relentless campaign against one mob been so successful in terms of convictions, seizures and as a message from the State that there is no tolerance of any level of criminality when it comes to drug wars. More than 60 men and women are now behind bars as a direct result of Kinahan mafia feud activity. Many others in jail on unrelated offences have identified themselves as being affiliated to the Organised Crime Group, while 30 are serving time for gun crimes ordered by mob bosses. ....