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Sean Molloy

Irish Beach Brought Back to Life Overnight

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2017

May 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Sand has returned to a village beach on Achill Island for the first time in over 30 years after a surprise deposit from the Atlantic Ocean in April. Since storms washed away the sand in 1984, leaving only rocks and rock pools, the beach at the small town of Dooagh has been devoid of what was once a lifeline for residents, first as a source of soil fertilization and later as a … [Read more...] about Irish Beach Brought Back to Life Overnight

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December 9, 1973

The Sunningdale Agreement was signed on this day in 1973 by British Prime Minister Edward Heath, Irish premier Liam Cosgrave, and representatives of the Unionist, Social Democratic, Labour and Alliance parties of Northern Ireland. The agreement set up a Council of Ireland made up of a board and a power-sharing Consultative Assembly. The council’s primary focus was to give the Republic joint jurisdiction on issues concerning the North.

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