Tuskar Rock Crash Archive Footage

March 29, 2018

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Tuskar Rock Aer Lingus crash I thought I would post two RTE Archive items which are seldom aired they were made some years ago. The first deals with the sequence of events and focuses on the original

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Tuskar Air Tragedy 50th. Commemoration

March 27, 2018

The 50th commemoration of the 61 victims of the crash of Aer Lingus flight EI 172 (St. Phelim) took place on Sat, last in Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, Ireland. The flight had been on its way from Cork to London. It is Ireland’s

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Minister lays wreath to remember sacrifice of Irish UN peacekeepers

March 24, 2018

Ireland’s Minister with Responsibility for Defence Paul Kehoe has visited Irish troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Currently, a total of some 380 Irish personnel are serving with UNIFIL. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Ireland’s first

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Is it time Irish military bases had LQA’s?

March 22, 2018

IS IT TIME IRISH MILITARY BASES HAD LQAs? When I stood down as DOI of the Celtic League I was asked by the AGM to carry on the Celtic League Military Monitoring role we had undertaken for over three decades. In that capacity

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The Burial Mounds of Peel Hill – Where Did The Grave Urns Go!

March 22, 2018

Item from the Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: Speaking to some local folk recently it became clear that many folk are not aware as they trudge the paths of Peel Hill that there are a number of burial sites there. I don’t

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Irish Sea air tragedy 50th anniversary

March 22, 2018

Saturday next will mark the anniversary of the worst loss of life in a air crash over the Irish Sea. It was March 24th 1968 when Aer Lingus Flight EI-AOM Flight 712 ‘St Phelim’ crashed near Tuskar Rock off Wexford all on board

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Rightful indignation over Salisbury but what about the UK government gassing at Long Kesh?

March 22, 2018

With the United Kingdom government waxing lyrical about alleged ‘appalling’ activities of the Russian FSB in targeting two expatriate Russians with chemical weapons (which also injured a police officer who went to their assistance). Much is made of the fact that this is

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Defiant Islanders Reject Obsolete Ferry

March 8, 2018

The beleaguered Islanders of Tory Island off Donegal have expressed their determination not to have a 40 years old vessel that seemed fit only for the scrapheap become the replacement ferry imposed on them by the Department of the Gaeltacht. The Islanders are

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Nae Pasaran: The forgotten story of Scottish workers solidarity for oppressed Chile

March 3, 2018

The Scottish newspaper ‘The National’ reports on a new documentary about a decision by four Rolls Royce workers at the companies East Kilbride plant who organised a boycott of spare parts to the Chilean Air Force after the coup that brought Pinochet to

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Marine waste may be cause of unprecedented level of Cetacean strandings

March 3, 2018

Marine waste and microplastics could be the cause of a record number of whale and dolphin strandings. This report in the Irish World newspaper speculates: “The number of dolphins and whales washing up on Irish coasts reached record levels last year, according to

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