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ALREADY?! Shrove Tuesday has snuck up on us. Usually around now, time slows. There’s no bank holiday to look forward to. It feels like St Patrick’s Day and New Year’s Day are a year apart. New Year’s Day is a complete waste of a bank holiday, anyway.

Mon, 08 Feb, 2016

St Bridget’s Day events highlight Ireland’s restrictive abortion regime
St Bridget’s Day events highlight Ireland’s restrictive abortion regime

A number of simultaneous artistic performances were staged around the country, as well as in London, yesterday, to highlight Ireland’s restrictive laws on abortion.

Tue, 02 Feb, 2016

The renewal of spring is everywhere, visable change almost hour by hour
The renewal of spring is everywhere, visable change almost hour by hour

Spring is another country. So different are these bright days from the dark days of a month ago that one might think one has moved to another land.

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