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Concern In Afghanistan

By Siobhan Tracey, Contributor
December / January 2002

December 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Concern in Afghanistan.

"...We could see them [the Taliban soldiers] setting fire to houses on the hills around the village. We escaped before they captured our village. There were a lot of families, all running away from the Taliban. We all walked together until we got to Faizabad...To begin with we were given food by Concern and other people sometimes. But the food has run out and we haven't … [Read more...] about Concern In Afghanistan

Paddy’s Gold

By Margaret Doherty Melaragni, Contributor
December / January 2002

December 1, 2001 by Leave a Comment

Paddy and his family on the steps of the old family cottage – from the left Paddy's father, his sister Mary and her son, Paddy and his cousin Phyllis.

In my father's town, Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland, market day still goes on in a muddy field, behind "the diamond," the town center, a ritual preceding memory. I walked down to it just the once, because he wanted me to see it. Young cows and bullocks and sheep and pigs mill about in the damp, gray early morning. The steam rising from their manure piles and urine puddles … [Read more...] about Paddy’s Gold

Hibernia: Ireland and U.S. Join to Improve Literacy

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2000

October 1, 2000 by Leave a Comment

The Irish and American governments are joining together in the fight against illiteracy. They plan to tackle poor literacy levels, improve classroom teaching, and encourage student exchanges between the two countries. The U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, and the Irish Minister of Education, Dr. Michael Woods, are implementing the proposal. Part of the plan entails … [Read more...] about Hibernia: Ireland and U.S. Join to Improve Literacy

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Today in History

June 26, 1970

Riots broke out in Londonderry after mid-Ulster MP Bernadette Devlin was arrested. Devlin, who participated in the Bogside riots of 1969, was sentenced to six months in jail. She had previously applied for an appeal, which was rejected by the Northern Ireland Court of Appeals. When police attempted to arrest Devlin at a roadblock in Londonderry, violence quickly escalated with the use of petrol bombs to which soldiers responded with tear gas.

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