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1. Ireland - Rathcroghan, the Tara of the west

   ... As always a interesting article here by Lorna Siggins of the Irish Times a mound site in the West of Ireland to match the well publicised ... in a ritual “mating” with the local Earth goddess. Irish medieval literature has many references to it as one of four major royal ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Oct 19 2016 - 12:19pm - 0 comments

2. Ireland - Fianna Fáil accused of U-turn in moving towards Fine Gael position on water charges

   Eibhlin O'Neill's blog Sinn Féin, the Irish republican political party has accused Fianna Fáil of a U-turn and ... accused the Government of keeping a privatisation plan for Irish Water in place.  Attacking both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, she ...

   Eibhlin O'Neill - Apr 12 2017 - 3:01pm

3. Bryn Celli Ddu prehistoric monument reveals more of its mystery

   ... a passage tomb was built, of the type of found around the Irish seaboard and down to Brittany.  A structure built to protect and pay ... that Bryn Celli Ddu can be compared to the significant Irish tomb complexes of Loughcrew and Newgrange in the Boyne Valley which are ...

   Mair Williams - Jun 30 2017 - 11:12am

4. Sinking of Lusitania on May 7th 1915

   ... of Ireland, roughly 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale (Irish, An Seancheann)  resulting in the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew. ... called the Flying Fish, which delivered the survivors to the Irish port of Cobh, then known as Queenstown. The gallant little Wanderer, then ...

   Alastair Kneale - May 7 2023 - 8:09pm

5. Rating retirement

   ... coast of Europe apparently you get a better deal if you are Irish (ie 26 Counties). Natixis which compiles a Global Retirement Index ... financial systems around the world,” he added. Link: Irish Times: ...

   Bernard Moffatt - Sep 8 2018 - 4:06pm

6. Isle of Man Stamps: The Battle of Clontarf

   ... stamps to commemorate one of the most definitive battles of Irish history. But the Isle of Man is closely linked to this event by the ... and Iceland. The sea route from Norway down through the Irish Sea and on the Mediterranean was one of the great trading highways of ...

   Valerie Caine - Apr 19 2014 - 10:30am - 0 comments

7. Fukushima Anniversary: Anti Wylfa Group Protest New-Build Nuclear Plant

   ... so called ‘new build’ nuclear plants around the Irish sea has attracted little tangible opposition from either the Irish or Manx governments. Currently in addition to two new reactors for ...

   Myghal Map Serpren - Mar 13 2015 - 1:32pm - 0 comments

8. NAVY AT FAULT IN SUBMARINE / FERRY NEAR MISS - REPORT FINDS

   ... and in shipping anes requires further control. The Irish Sea is a favoured exit route for larger nuclear submarines transited to ... Federation seeking to track their deployments. The Irish Sea has witnessed a number of snaggings and sinkings of smaller vessels ...

   Bernard Moffatt - Jul 16 2020 - 6:20pm

9. Ireland: Jobs cut in switch from peat to renewables

   ... has persisted in Ireland for decades. Nonetheless the Irish government is determined it seems to address the climate change issue and ... to centre around how the transition is managed. This Irish Times article sets out the competing arguments ...

   Bernard Moffatt - Oct 24 2018 - 5:42pm

10. Cashtal Purt ny h-Inshey as yn Moddey Doo - Peel Castle and the Moddey Doo: A Manx Story of the Supernatural

    ... red by the cold wind as it brushed in over the waves of the Irish Sea. It didn’t make her any less beautiful of course. Jimmy was always ... the strengthening wind, suggesting that somewhere over the Irish hills to the west a storm was brewing that at some stage would reach ...

    Alastair Kneale - May 2 2019 - 9:29pm - 0 comments

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