NEW PATH NEEDED Irish troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon in 2013. Pic: Irish Defence Forces/flickr.com/dfmagazine cc-by-2.0
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NEW PATH NEEDED Irish troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) in Lebanon in 2013. Pic: Irish Defence Forces/flickr.com/dfmagazine cc-by-2.0
HISTORY MAKER The late Maureen Flavin Sweeney, Belmullet, receiving a special US House of Representatives honour for the vital role her weather forecast played in D Day’s success.
FANTASTY LAND Éamon de Valera’s quixotic vision of rural Ireland – set out in his notorious ‘Ireland that we dreamed of’ speech – still drives modern approaches to rural development.
HARSH REALITIES An image of Irish navvies carried on the front of Donall MacAmhlaigh’s ‘Dialann Deoraí’, in which the author describes the six years he spent as an Irish labourer in post-war England.
OUT FOR THE COUNT A ballot box arriving with votes to be counted and tallied in Mayo's count centre in the TF Royal Theatre, Castlebar, after the November 29 general election. Pic: The Mayo News
SIGN OF THE TIMES John Bradley’s placard opposing the TII/Mayo County Council’s proposed cycle track on Croagh Patrick’s slopes – a radical departure from the long-envisaged Clew Bay Bike Trail route.
SPINNING REALITY Simon Harris recently lamented the poor state of Ireland’s infrastructure as if he were not a member of the party in government since 2011. Pic: Johannes Frandsen/cc by-sa 2.0
COMMUNITY MATTERS Members of Westport Men's Shed, a community organisation celebrated by John Bradley in a previous column
MODULAR MADNESS The cost of the tiny modular housing built for refugees, such as these small units in Claremorris, spiralled way beyond value for money. Pic: The Mayo News
OVER-CENTRALISED SYSTEM Government Buildings, Merrion St, Dublin. Pic: David Kernan/cc-by-sa 4.0
PASSING THE BUCK A diagram of the ‘web of blame’ woven by firms involved in the Grenfell fire, presented by Richard Millett KC, Lead Counsel to the UK’s Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
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A THOUSAND WORDS Joe Rosenthal’s image of US Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945.
ADVOCATES WITH AUTHORITY Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham and metro mayor of Liverpool Steve Rotheram lobbying the UK Government for funding for train operators in the north of England.
POWER BROKERS The Custom House in Dublin is the headquarters of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Pic: Peter Brown/cc-by-sa 2.0
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AN AN ISLAND DIVIDED Partition of our island in 1921 damaged us deeply in ways that are both visible and invisible.
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DOWN THE TRACK? Mayo County Council wants to cut a cycleway across the pristine foothills of Croagh Patrick in the teeth of local opposition. Pic: J Bradley
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