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April May 2001 Issue

Facts and Figures

By Kelly Fincham, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Under the direct provision system being operated under the auspices of the Department of Justice by the Directorate of Asylum Seekers Services (DASS), a total of £15m was paid out in providing full-board accommodation for asylum seekers. This £15m was paid to the owners of 65 properties around the country who house asylum seekers. A further £15m was paid out by the State in … [Read more...] about Facts and Figures

One Woman’s Story

By Kelly Fincham, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by

"There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one's native land."– Euripides, 431 B.C.Cathleen* 30, is a Christian woman from Nigeria. One day last year, before she came to Ireland, she and her sister Nora were shopping in the local market. A row broke out at a nearby stall which soon developed into a scuffle. Knives were pulled and suddenly people were fleeing from the … [Read more...] about One Woman’s Story

Grampa’s Story

By Theodore T. Ott, Jr., Contributor
April / May 2001

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My grandfather, Denis A. Lyons, was my best friend and playmate. He used to spend many hours with me trying to support and mold my forming personality. As is the tradition among the Irish, he used stories to illustrate whichever point he was trying to make. He told me many, many stories but only one has remained with me in its entirety all these many years later. It must have … [Read more...] about Grampa’s Story

Chapter & Hearse

By Darina Molloy, Contributor
April / May 2001

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"For twelve long years I've suffered this damned cat.../ though more than once I've threatened violence/ the brick and burlap in the river recompense/ for mounds of furballs littering the house."– "Grimalkin""Grimalkin," Tom Lynch informs me, "is dead." I couldn't help it, I had to know. The cat lasted almost eight years after the poem was written. "I had told Mike [his son] … [Read more...] about Chapter & Hearse

To Hell or Barbados

By Emmett O'Connell, Contributor
April / May 2001

April 1, 2001 by 2 Comments

The ethnic cleansing of Ireland: Emmett O'Connell reviews Sean O'Callaghan's book on the Irish whom Cromwell sent into slavery."These Irish, anciently called Anthropophagi (maneaters), have a tradition among them, that when the devil showed our Savior all the kingdoms of the earth and their glory he would not show him Ireland, but reserved it for himself...They are the very … [Read more...] about To Hell or Barbados

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