Search Results for 'Sinad McCoole'
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Come what May in the UK as centenary anniversary of first Dail sitting to be recognised
As I am compiling this column, it is just before the Westminster vote on Brexit. All observers feel the vote will be defeated, and some say very heavily. Be that as it may, the real question now is, what does Theresa May do next? She has to come back next Monday with a further plan of where she will go and what she will do. More and more it appears that the extension of time, which could be looked for at the end of March, is what is in sight, but we are in the dark and do not have any certainty about the outcome. I am sorry that this is so and apologise to the readers, but there is nothing that I or even the most renowned of columnists in the UK or Ireland can do – we cannot see the way forward as yet.
Matters Longford to the fore as centenary celebrations acknowledge the right of women to vote
Well, Longford has really emerged with a bang in this pre-Christmas season. We had two notable events in Longford over last weekend.
Ballinasloe to examine women's role in 1916 Rising
THE ROLE of Women in 1916, and specifically the part played by Cumann na mBan in the run up to, and during, the Rising, will be the focus of a free conference taking place in the Ballinasloe Library this weekend.
NUIG to hold major conference on 1916 Proclamation
The 1916 Proclamation has been claimed across the last 100 years as the founding values of the State, or a vision the State has abandoned, or as something that has yet to be fully realised.
