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Moate-based Irish Rural Link CEO re-elected as European body president
Moate-based Irish Rural Link CEO, Seamus BOland, has been re-elected president of a key European consultative group.
An exceptional family home in Moate
Cartronkeel,
'Getting to Know...' musician John Finucane
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Moate home offers spectacular views
Knockdomney, Moate,
How the Bolsheviks got one up on Churchill
Even among the supreme leaders of Soviet Russia in the 1920s there was fear. When Clare Sheridan, the sculptor who spent her latter years in Galway, was leaving the Moscow War Ministry late one night accompanied by the powerful head of the Red Army and Commissar for Military Affairs, Leon Trotsky, armed soldiers on the bridge at the Neva, stood out on the road, and stopped their car.
Churchill lost patience, and simply turned off the tap
Because most people in Brigid Kavanagh’s farming community near Strokestown, Co Roscommon, did not have a radio in September 1939, no one knew that war was declared between Britain and Germany until some time later.
Moate Community School Centre of Excellence formally launches
Moate Community School has formally launched its Centre of Excellence following the recent completion of a brand-new full-size soccer pitch with LED floodlights and spectator area.
Superb home in Whitestrand overlooking Grattan Park to the rear
No 21 Whitestrand Park is a superb four/five bed family home which has been extended and upgraded to a very high standard. This home is bright and spacious and overlooks Grattan Park to the rear. Built in 1965, the house has been substantially modernised in recent years. The current owners have upgraded wiring, flooring, insulation, and installed a three zone heating system. The southeast facing rear garden is ideal for entertaining with a purpose built barbecue area.
Corbyn defeat will be used against the real Left in Ireland
While voters in the Republic of Ireland go to the polls on February 8, it may be instructive for us to cast our minds back to December and the general election in Britain, as that contest contained a warning for the Irish Left that it would do well to heed.