I have been meaning to post this for awhile but I didn’t know it had been posted on youtube yet. I saw this at the Alliance Francaise Symposium and I loved it and I hope you will too. Very informative! This video was created by the Irish delegation to the EU’s 60th Anniversary Celebrations of the Schuman Declaration held over the weekend of May 9th 2010. The first screening of the video was in Scy-Chazelles, Robert Schuman’s birthplace and...
Image via WikipediaYes, Yet again I am impressed by a speech by Enda Kenny. It was overshadowed by someone elses speech though. The speech was given to commenerate the 90th Anniversary of the 1st Dáil. Four score and ten years ago, on the 21st of January, the men and women of the 1st Dáil met here in this room. Their meeting sent out a message of independence, of courage and of hope to the peoples of the world. That...
I saw two polls mentioned in the Irish Examiner yesterday. The British Medical Journal are doing a survey on the best medical breakthrough since 1840 The choices: Anaesthesia AntibioticsChlorpromazine ComputersDiscovery of DNA structure Evidence-based medicine Germ theory Immunology Medical imaging (x-rays, etc.) Oral contraceptive pill Oral rehydration therapy Risks of smoking Sanitation (clean water and sewage disposal) Tissue culture Vaccines It’s a difficult choice, but i voted for Anaesthesia. By the end of the 19th century anaesthesia was proclaimed...
Got this ages ago and talking to a friend reminded me about it! Enjoy! ( This is an alternate obituary for Michael Collins. From a imaginary New York newspaper) Dublin 1972 Its been an hour since the news broke of Michael Collins death . The bars of Dublin and Derry have fallen silent . Old men are crying. Michael Collins. The Big fellow! The man who made Ireland! Died today… ‘One day he’ll be a great man. He’ll do...
The Picket Dilemma: I’ve decided
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I know the blog seems to be obsessed with Strikes at the moment, but they are a big part of whats going on with me at the moment! Between asking you what you think of crossing pickets to my teachers going on strike its time that I decided what I am going to do about the strike at Boots. I have talked to a few friends about this and teachers about my predicament...
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