RTE News- Take back captured jihadists, Trump tells Europe February 17, 2019European nations must take back hundreds of Islamic State group fighters captured in Syria, President Donald Trump said, after a delay in announcing what he said would be the end of the "caliphate".
- US aid piles up on Venezuelan border February 17, 2019Venezuelan opposition leader, Juan Guaido, said he was mobilising about 600,000 volunteers to help bring American aid into the country next week, despite President Maduro saying that the aid was a pretence for a US invasion
- Groups welcome defrocking but call for more action February 17, 2019An international organisation representing survivors of clerical child sexual abuse has given a conditional welcome to the defrocking of the disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick.
- Harris indicates Govt will not re-tender for hospital February 17, 2019Minister for Health Simon Harris has indicated the Government will not be re-tendering for the building of the National Children's Hospital.
- Lessons of the past lost on those in control of Brexit February 17, 2019Michael Gallagher went home to Circular Road, Omagh, in the early hours of Sunday morning to break the news to his family.
- Nauert ends bid to be next US ambassador to UN February 17, 2019Former Fox News anchor and State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert has withdrawn from consideration to be the US ambassador to the United Nations amid criticism that she lacked the gravitas for one of the top diplomatic posts.
- Viable devices found in Co Armagh security alert February 17, 2019Two viable devices have been discovered in Co Armagh following a security alert.
- Flybmi cancels flights, files for administration February 17, 2019Airline flybmi has suspended flights and is filing for administration, blaming uncertainty around Brexit.
- Foster warns SF restoration of devolution is 'no game' February 16, 2019DUP leader Arlene Foster has warned Sinn Féin that the restoration of devolution is "no game".
- Flood risk for 20,000 Dublin city buildings - Council February 16, 2019Over 20,000 buildings are at risk from flooding in Dublin city and another 10,000 are likely to become at risk according to Dublin City Council.
- Take back captured jihadists, Trump tells Europe February 17, 2019
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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