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Monthly Archives: November 2020
Tree
This week’s grief was that we had to cut down a spruce tree that was thriving but too close to the house. Its roots threatened all kinds of trouble. We bought this tree to brighten the room where my mother was dying, … Continue reading
Launch of Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann
On Sunday, 15th November 2020, the new Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann held an event to mark the Day of the Imprisoned Writer and to launch our new organisation. Strange to say of an online event but: there was a really … Continue reading
Stephen Collins & the Peaceful Transfer of Power (mach ii)
Thanks and apologies to the people who pointed out that Stephen Collins’ article in the Irish Times about the peaceful transfer of power in an Irish context (in my previous blog) is subscriber-only. Here’s the gist of what he said. … Continue reading
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Stephen Collins: Ireland faces its own threats to faith in democratic institutions
Here’s a link to a thought-provoking article by Stephen Collins in the Irish Times about the peaceful transfer of power in an Irish context. Read it and think how different we might have been. How democracy can rest on restraint … Continue reading
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