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DE FACTO: Westport celebration of Tony Reidy a night to remember

It was a full house. And there was a waiting list. I was lucky to be there. Even luckier to be part of the show, performing. Blessed, even. It was a...

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OPINION: Redrawing diocesan boundaries in the west

History was made last Wednesday with an announcement from the Papal Nuncio about the future of the Catholic dioceses in the west. At present there are...

18.04.2024 9

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OPINION: Ireland's democratic deficit

THERE is a serious democratic deficit at play in this country. Sadly, it is obvious at both local and national levels. One does not need to reexamine...

20.03.2024 10

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OPINION: Westport, Castlebar and Maynooth celebrate Féile Mac Gréil this week

Two words could sum up the life of the late Fr Micheál Mac Gréil, SJ. They are prejudice and tolerance. One he constantly challenged, the other he...

06.03.2024 10

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OPINION: The US and some EU countries are complicit in Israel’s aggression

THE war in Gaza (and the West Bank) did not just start on October 7 last. It has been raging for years, effectively since 1948 in various bursts....

22.02.2024 10

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OPINION: Creating a new story in Northern Ireland

DEVOLUTION in Northern Ireland is back up and running. Stormont is working again. Adults acting as adults at last, we hope! It’s amazing how the...

08.02.2024 10

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OPINION: The failure of government immigration policy

The Garda Public Order Unit (also known as the Riot Squad) was deployed to Roscrea last week as asylum seekers were moved into a local hotel. One has...

25.01.2024 7

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OPINION: The EU, the vaccine vortex and the poisonous pesticide

IF we ever doubt that money talks (or swears) just look at the people, companies and countries behind the money. As the famous Deep Throat in ‘All...

12.01.2024 10

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OPINION: Slaughter of the innocents

Baby. Manger. Swaddling clothes. Stable. Angel. Star. Shepherds. Magi. No room at the inn. Galway. All those words are very difficult this year,...

28.12.2023 6

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OPINION: With God on our side — The paradox of using religion to justify war

About 1905, the American writer, Mark Twain, wrote The War Prayer, about the ‘myth of redemptive violence’. His publisher rejected it. America was...

14.12.2023 10

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OPINION: Ignoring the country’s neutrality

Politics is a dirty game, at every level. Some say that it’s the art of the possible. That’s true, but it is also the art of the cynical. While we...

30.11.2023 10

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OPINION: Centralist clericalism is finally giving way

HUNDREDS of people gathered in Rome for the Synod over the past month. It was a gathering of the faithful from all levels of church to discern not...

16.11.2023 10

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OPINION: The car is a necessity, not a luxury

The Draft Westport Local Area Plan is on display until Tuesday, November 7, in Westport Civic Offices, Westport Library and Áras an Chontae,...

02.11.2023 10

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OPINION: Councillors must stand up for local businesses hit with huge rates

MANY Westport business owners are angry over the disproportionate rise in rates due from January 2024. While some members of the recently formed...

19.10.2023 20

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