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COUNTY VIEW: Paris bells ring out again after France pulls together

A short five years since the iconic emblem of France lay shattered, gutted by fire, the restored Notre Dame de Paris Cathedral will reopen on December 8, feast of the Immaculate Conception. On that apocalyptic evening in April 2019, it seemed to ...

22 Nov 2024 at 13:28

Comment & Opinion

COUNTY VIEW: The broad canvas of Tommie Gorman

His lifespan of 68 years may have been all too short, but Tommie Gorman achieved more in his journalistic career than most of his colleagues could dream of. And his canvas was a broad one – from sport to politics, from the watershed moments of ...

11 Jul 2024 at 15:29

Comment & Opinion

OPINION: Kicking hate-speech down the road

HAVING sustained the bloodiest of noses in the recent crushing referendum defeats, the Government has wisely edged back from its aim of enacting new hate-speech legislation. Nothing softens the cough of political parties more than an ...

02 May 2024 at 15:30

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COLUMN: The ‘somewheres’ and the ‘anywheres’

THE economics commentator Cormac Lucey has been reflecting recently on the polarisation of society. Peoples’ views are becoming more extreme; there is less middle ground anymore; we are either for one rigidly fixed idea or the other....

04 Apr 2024 at 14:30

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COUNTY VIEW: The iron fist of the wartime censor

For anyone under the age of 50, if they think about it at all, Irish muteness in non-condemnation of the Nazi atrocities of World War II is a deep mystery. That a nation which prides itself on its compassion for the oppressed could ...

04 Jul 2024 at 15:30

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COUNTY VIEW: Shamrock diplomacy and a whole new challenge

At least we know now who will be accepting the bowl of shamrock in the White House on St Patrick’s Day next. Just who gets to hand over the symbolic gift on our behalf we won’t know for another couple of weeks. But of one thing we ...

13 Nov 2024 at 19:00

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COUNTY VIEW: Losing the road-deaths battle

According to Garda statistics, we are well on the road to reaching the highest death toll on Irish roads over the past 25 years. Despite intensive media campaigning, and ever-more graphic representations of road accidents and ...

01 Aug 2024 at 15:30

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OPINION: Rwanda, and being careful what you wish for

WOULD we ever have thought that the UK’s Rwanda Bill could have had such unforeseen consequences for ourselves? Bad enough to have the Tory press chortling at the quagmire in which we find ourselves, but worse, nobody has ...

10 May 2024 at 21:00

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COUNTY VIEW: When Castlebar was the Irish Cheltenham

While history will always associate the Races of Castlebar with the ignominious rout of the Redcoats by General Humbert, less well known is that Castlebar once aspired to be the Cheltenham of Ireland. Long before the ...

29 Nov 2024 at 13:30

Local News

Mayo mourns the loss of renowned author Michael Mullen

CASTLEBAR is mourning the loss of one its finest ever writers following the passing of Michael Mullen. Michael (pictured), who passed away on Sunday, was a prolific writer throughout his life, penning books on ...

20 Feb 2024 at 09:00

Comment & Opinion

COUNTY VIEW: The Galway priest and the Argentine scandal

Inside the main gate of the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires stands the imposing monument marking the burial place of Admiral William Brown, father of the Argentine Navy. Fifty metres further on, another ...

25 Jul 2024 at 15:30

Comment & Opinion

COUNTY VIEW: A last sting of the Celtic Tiger

Those with a taste for black humour will be amused to learn that, 15 years on, the dark shadow of what was the Irish Nationwide Building Society still hovers over the country’s financial sector. When the ...

07 Nov 2024 at 13:29

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