Politics is all about managing the present. What people need is a story of the future – The Irish Times
Unthinkable: Individuals and society at large need a coherent storyline to give us hope for the future
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Unthinkable: Individuals and society at large need a coherent storyline to give us hope for the future
Billionaire philanthropist is laid to rest in Glasnevin Cemetery, two months after dying in San Francisco
He walked the streets of Dublin, Limerick, and Belfast unnoticed, frequently dressed in a well-worn mackintosh and carrying his possessions in a plastic bag. The billionaire Charles ‘Chuck’ Feeney travelled constantly but as cheaply as possible and never by executive jet or first class — luxuries he could well afford.
SINEAD O’Connor once sang her heart out in Glenstal Abbey - alongside a Limerick monk who understood why she tore up a picture of the Pope. In September 2...
At the centenary of St Patrick’s College, Maynooth in 1895, an assembly of a ‘clerical army’ consisting of a cardinal, three archbishops, 25 bishops, some 3,000 priests and 600 students gathered to articulate the triumphalist mood of the Irish Catholic Church at the time.