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national / miscellaneous Sunday April 20, 2003 - 14:51 by F. Leddy
 43 comments (last - monday june 09, 2003 - 15:08)
On friday 18 april at 1.30am, an incident happened on Dame st. Dublin city centre which put in perspective much of the recent debate over street safety and the poor availability of garda manpower to combat violent crime. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday April 20, 2003 - 01:39 by Mhatharaiche
5 comments (last - monday april 21, 2003 - 12:39)
IRELAND, the only country in Europe which still bans nude bathing, is facing a mass campaign by naturists for a change in the law. The Irish tourist board has been bombarded with e-mails from hundreds of nudists from Ireland and across the continent urging them to help establish a beach for those in search of an all-body tan. The Irish Naturist Association, which is leading the campaign, claimed it was being backed by four priests who are members. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday April 20, 2003 - 00:58 by Joseph Abdel-Wahed
12 comments (last - thursday april 24, 2003 - 10:57)
As an Egyptian Jewish refugee, I celebrate Passover with special meaning. Passover is a time to commemorate the Jews' liberation from slavery in Egypt in 1300 BCE and return to freedom in Israel. At my family Seders in Cairo in the 1940s, we felt as if we represented the enduring memory of that exodus. Little did we know that we would soon experience our own exodus from Egypt as a result of racism and oppression. On Passover it is a Jewish tradition that, in retelling the exodus story, we should feel as if we ourselves experienced persecution and exodus from Egypt. I hope that this year we can also take a moment to experience the modern exodus of Middle Eastern Jews, one million of whom fled their homes in Arab countries and Iran between 1940 and 1980 under duress. ... read full story / add a comment |
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