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23 Jul 2006

Poetry CD Launch in Ireland

Seen on EYEWEAR

Yesterday evening’s Galway launch of the Oxfam Life Lines poetry CD, organised by Over The Edge in association with the Project 06 Festival, was a big success. The Oxfam Shop in Galway was packed as Life Lines was launched by Galway City’s first Green Party Mayor, Cllr. Niall Ó’Broilcháin. Niall read a poem from the CD himself: ‘The Walkway’ by... Continue reading »

13 Jul 2006

Lusitania Find

Seen on Sicilian Notes

The upside to summers at a university is the peace and quiet. The downside is that the person I want to ask about today’s story of note in the Irish Times has decamped to Washington. Anyway, in case you missed it: An Irish diving team has discovered munitions on board the wreck of the Lusitania, which was sunk by a German submarine off the Co Cork... Continue reading »


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