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national / crime and justice Tuesday May 24, 2005 - 15:40 by Dermo
 36 comments (last - sunday may 29, 2005 - 17:28)
Marx said that religion was the opium of the people but sport has eclipsed man's fascination with the supernatural. Football is the heroin of sport. I can remember the first time I stood with my father on a terrace and watched men chase a bag of wind around a field. I still can be found standing on those steps in all sorts of weather. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous Monday May 23, 2005 - 21:49 by clodagh
2 comments (last - wednesday may 25, 2005 - 16:04)
There were at least 15 suicides in West belfast and 13 suicides in North belfast, from 2004. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Sunday May 22, 2005 - 15:47 by ipsiphi .:. (ipsi)(phi...) / i(psi...)(phi)
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It has long been observed that the mediocre praise the dead and refract the vision of living folly with a mythic myopia. This weekend saw the philosopher Paul Ricoeur die peacefully in his sleep, and the Irish State really kick into its Hamilton year. Whom they term "Ireland's greatest scientist" = utter crap. In honour of Paul Ricoeur, this week's sunday papers is an attack on false memory, the Selective and Collective memory : Memory as fetishised community : Communality as fetishised memorial & I hope readers will bear with the different style as I recover from watching Star Wars episode 2 & I Robot, on DVD, and writing encylcopedia pages and blogs wonder, what has Ricoeur to offer the XXI century??? The Dangerous Place for consideration this Trinity Sunday is the future of Biotech and Human Cloning. ... read full story / add a comment
The great Housing rip off Whether we pay rent or a mortgage, the cost of keeping a roof over our heads takes up a huge proportion of our income - those of us who are 'lucky' enough to be in a position to do so. Everywhere we look - both in Dublin and other cities and also in small rural villages and towns - the skyline is dotted with cranes and houses and apartments seem to be springing up everywhere. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Thursday May 19, 2005 - 15:00 by Ed & Imelda Moran, fwded by an imcer
Detailed description of the issues surrounding the pipeline Shell wish to build through Rossport, a small village in the north west of Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment |
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