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Don’t let the “Thugs” win

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I can never understand hooliganism. As someone who would go to a reasonable amount of football matches I can safely say that those who create trouble cannot be considered football fans.

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The Lighter Side

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

To the lighter side we go, with some stories to try and take the seriousness of the week.

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One split second

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

34,273 in Burma; Over 12,000 in South-Western China. So many lives lost in such a short space of time as the outside world looks at this situation and simply asks “how and why?”

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Why?

Monday, May 12th, 2008

I’ve mentioned before about the madness of violence and how it can shatter so many lives and the needless murder of Jimmy Mizen defies believe.

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One Year On

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

It is hard to believe that it has been a year since Madeleine McCann first went missing.

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Shocking and Evil

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

“Open-mouthed with awe” was how one of the Austrian Policemen described Elisabeth Fritzl’s children’s reaction to the outside world. 

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The Lighter Side

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

To the Lighter Side we go once again with stories to try and take the seriousness out of the week.

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Mind The Gap

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Poverty is obviously is a terribly unfair situation, it is something that has no mercy. With the credit crunches, financial difficulties and general price increases it can be no surprise that more people are struggling to make ends meet.

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More thoughts…

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Is it right that the public and the authorities are put on high alert by suspect devices being  made and left on the streets in Dublin as a prank, or hoax if you will?

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Violence solves what?

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The New Philanthropy Capital has published a study that shows that violence against women, in England and Wales, costs 40 billion pounds a year.

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