RTE News- Police: Terror suspects were planning bigger attacks August 18, 2017Spanish police say the suspects in yesterday's terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils were planning to use explosives in one or more bigger attacks than those carried out.
- Trump fires provocative chief strategist Bannon August 18, 2017US President Donald Trump has fired chief strategist Steve Bannon, the White House announced, ending the turbulent tenure of a rabble-rousing conservative media entrepreneur and political activist who was a favourite of Mr Trump's base.
- TV legend Bruce Forsyth has died at the age of 89 August 18, 2017TV veteran Bruce Forsyth, best known for hosting The Generation Game and Strictly Come Dancing, has died at the age of 89.
- Two dead, eight injured in Finnish stabbing attack August 18, 2017Police shot and wounded a suspect after a stabbing spree in which a man killed two people and wounded eight others in the Finnish city of Turku today.
- First victims of Barcelona attack named August 18, 2017A 35-year-old Italian who was on holiday in Barcelona with his partner and two children has been named as one of the 14 victims of terror attacks in Spain, according to an account given to La Repubblica.
- Gardaí pursuing 300 lines of inquiry in double shooting August 18, 2017Gardaí investigating a shooting in Ballymun that caused the deaths of "an innocent young man and a mother-of-six" say they are pursuing 300 lines of inquiry.
- Who's who: The long list of former Trump staffers August 18, 2017Steve Bannon is the latest member of US President Donald Trump's staff to be removed, or leave, their role since he took office earlier this year.
- Irish family on holiday injured in attack August 18, 2017Two members of an Irish family holidaying in Barcelona were injured in yesterday's terror attack in the city.
- Witness appeal after man found with serious injuries August 18, 2017Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a man was discovered with "significant" injuries in Co Wicklow earlier this week.
- Murder inquiry over Irishman's death in England August 18, 2017Police in England have begun a murder investigation following the death of an Irishman in Birmingham.
- Police: Terror suspects were planning bigger attacks August 18, 2017
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes By Thomas Moore
Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes Blend like the rainbow that hangs in thy skies, Shining through sorrow’s stream, Saddening through pleasure’s beam, Thy suns with doubtful gleam, Weep while they rise. Erin, thy silent tear never … Continue reading
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An Argument By Thomas Moore
I’ve oft been told by learned friars, That wishing and the crime are one, And Heaven punishes desires As much as if the deed were done. 2 If wishing damns us, you and I Are damned to all our heart’s … Continue reading
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Friendship By Alexander Pushkin
What’s friendship? The hangover’s faction, The gratis talk of outrage, Exchange by vanity, inaction, Or bitter shame of patronage.
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After Prayers Lie Cold By C S Lewis
Arise my body, my small body, we have striven Enough, and He is merciful; we are forgiven. Arise small body, puppet-like and pale, and go, White as the bed-clothes into bed, and cold as snow, Undress with small, cold fingers … Continue reading
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There Be None of Beautys Daughters By Lord Byron
There be none of Beauty’s daughters With a magic like Thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were causing The charm?d ocean’s pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, … Continue reading
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Sun of the Sleepless! By Lord Byron
Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star! Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far, That show’st the darkness thou canst not dispel, How like art thou to joy remember’d well! So gleams the past, the light of other days, Which shines, but … Continue reading
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Frost at Midnight By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. The owlet’s cry Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before. The inmates of my cottage, all at rest, Have left me to that solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that … Continue reading
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