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Jesuits confirm sex abuse cover-up at Belvedere College
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schmittel »
Mon Jul 26, 2021 11:44 pm
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From todays IT - Jesuits confirm sex abuse cover-up at Belvedere College
In 1977, a “credible” sexual abuse allegation against him was brought to...
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Again, you're allowing populist thinking to cloud you on this one, akin to oh those bloody bankers and the gubbermint .
I'd be very happy if my...
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Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:08 am
Norway’s beach handball team fined for not wearing bikini bottoms!
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mugball »
Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:39 pm
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Ha, seems like the governing body of beach volleyball knows what some have always suspected - many of the audience are not watching it for the...
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Timely article in the Examiner
The event was introduced to the Olympics on a test basis for Barcelona in 1992 and ushered quickly onto the bill for...
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Last post by schmittel
Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:19 am
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Last post by 765489
Tue Jul 27, 2021 7:28 pm
No Longer 'just a private company'?
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knownunknown »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 8:28 pm
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The white house has just admitted to flagging posts for Facebook which they deem misinformation. Their reason for doing so is the low uptake of the...
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A lot of gay folk - men and women - are railing against the extremist side of gender ideology now.
True, the tide of acceptance is turning ,...
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Last post by 46a
Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:50 am
Man sentenced after abusing his daughter for 7 years
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Dave Hedgehog »
Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:00 pm
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I am genuinely fecking flabbergasted reading this. Like what kind of a bastard does it take to not only think something like this up but to actually...
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The traveller women who recently went public about their shocking abuse were also the height of bravery
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Last post by archfi
Mon Jul 26, 2021 12:17 pm
Northern Ireland Protocol
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mugball »
Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:41 pm
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So yesterday the Brits said they wanted to rewrite the agreed Northern Irish Protocol:
EU officials expressed exasperation at the UK’s move,...
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I liked this from today's Irish Times:
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Fri Jul 23, 2021 1:45 pm
1997 UK/NI State Papers released
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Guburnor »
Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:36 am
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Love it when these come out, and we get to look behind the scenes.
These cover the briefings for Blair's new government.
Not many will be...
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I would have thought Fitzgerald would have been up there at the top of the list of the British Ideal Taoiseachs too.
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Last post by JayRoc
Tue Jul 20, 2021 7:03 pm
Poll Watch
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Guburnor »
Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:27 pm
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Not much of a Bacik bounce
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Also, with 3.5ish years left in the current Dail, you can't really imagine any of the govt parties will bring it down, barring some crazy scandal....
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Last post by schmittel
Mon Jul 19, 2021 6:52 pm
Funds ‘drive up cost of social housing by €50k per unit’
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hammerhead »
Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:02 pm
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Decent article in the business post putting a figure on the funds outbidding the state debacle.
Declan Dunne, the chief executive of Respond, said...
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Buy social housing capacity off the private market. Pay market prices. Its not rocket science.
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Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:21 pm
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