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June 3, 2017
June 24, 2017

Refugees in Ireland

The fate of refugees in Ireland is not a happy one. Given the trauma they have experienced in getting here a bit more of the famed 100,000 welcomes would not come amiss! Globally the refugee crisis is increasing by the minute as highlighted in a United Nations report published this week. It showed the rich […]

June 17, 2017

Rathlin Island

This week was broken up nicely into a two-day conference entitled “The Mission of God” and a two-day visit to Rathlin Island which lies off the north coast of Ireland. The former declared that accurate preaching from the scriptures is ‘an act of God’ and the latter displayed the splendour of His Creation. The sea […]

June 10, 2017

A New Taoiseach

This coming week will see the appointment of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach. At age 38 he will be the youngest in that office and with Indian/Irish parents reflects the current multi-ethnic Ireland. But there is a further way in which Leo stretches the culture in that he is the first openly gay person to hold […]

June 3, 2017

Multiple Martins

On Thursday evening the weather conditions were just right. Clouds of insects were being blown out of the trees to be devoured by many House Martins. The latter produced an aerobatic display second to none as they relished having a time of plenty. Normally these House Martins mix with swallows but this year the swallows […]

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