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Month: June 2014
Christian ethos under threat at third level
Dear Editor, Reports on the launch of “A New Vision of Education” will have alerted readers to the imminent destruction of the Anglican Christian ethos of Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines and the Catholic Christian ethos of Mater Dei and St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. This is euphemistically called ‘incorporation’ whereby the three colleges…
Investigation child mortality
Dear Editor, Any commission set up to investigate infant mortality rates in Ireland in the last century should also be empowered to monitor the application of the so called Protection of Life in Pregnancy Act 2013. This law, for the first time in our history, gave permission for the wilful ending of the life of…
The curiosities of Dublin
The World of Books
The last of his kind
The Loneliest Boy in the World: The Last Child of the Great Blasket Island by Gearóid Cheaist Ó Catháin, with Patricia Ahearn (The Collins Press, €12.99 / £10.50)
The great Lords of Leinster
The Decline and Fall of the Dukes of Leinster 1872-1948; Love, war, debt and madness by Terence Dooley (Four Courts Press, €24.95/£19.95)
The saintly son of Bergamo
Good Pope John by Michael Collins (Columba Press, €9.99 / £7.99)
Challenges faced and overcome
An inspiring story of life fully lived
Life in the fast lane for New York quartet
A tale excellently acted and directed
Time is precious but distractions plentiful
God is always speaking to us but normally we aren’t listening