At dawn this morning in South Lebanon, the entire Irish-Polish Battalion paraded in silence to honour the memory of our fallen comrade, Pte Seán Rooney, on his first anniversary. Later, we will honour his memory at the Tibnine Memorial. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
“...now I am on no hill, with no waves to see or hear far off. With no sea, but only the illimitable and no sea to gaze at. Death is not dark, but only deeper blue.”
On this day in 1916, Sir Roger Casement was hanged following a highly publicised trial.
50 years ago we joined the EEC as an island, behind an island.
Today we stand as an island at the centre of the world & the heart of Europe.
Our EU membership has given us much & we have given much back.
Here’s to the next 50! 🇪🇺
@DanMulhall@nytimes Dan, Ur completely correct: this type of neocon invective is at best misleading and at worst, well, straightforward propaganda and disingenuous disinformation and the rest
I often accuse Americans of using overwrought language and overlong sentences and paragraphs. This is rather direct and refreshing. There’s still no need for that horrible Oxford comma. @Melissa_A_SM