Erm... awkward... Five thousand Irish soldiers who swapped uniforms to fight for the British against Hitler went on to suffer years of persecution. One of them, 92-year-old Phil Farrington, took part in the D-Day landings and helped liberate the German death camp at Bergen-Belsen - but...
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And the European Court of Justice delivers! Actually, this is only very modestly good news -- no Roe or Morgentaler -- as Ireland's draconian ban on most abortions will remain.
Ireland has been a teabagger laboratory, going with a program of austerity to deal with a financial crisis. How's that been working out? Ireland’s economy shrank 7.1 percent last year.
I was going to verify that Guinness is even better when tasted in its country of origin, but then remembered where I was and can verify instead that Beamish and Murphy's taste much better in their country of origin.
Tennessee takes a stand against Leprechauns.
I'm in the early stages of a PLH-BRS-EWR-PDX itinerary. Stop two, enjoying what is perhaps the worst bloody mary of my life. And that's saying something.This is clearly karmic balance.
It's hard to disagree with David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum on the drone issue:Governments typically make several mistakes when attempting to separate violent extremists from populations in which they hide. First, they often overestimate the degree to which a population harboring an armed actor can...