By Canon Gerry Conroy Memory is a wonderful thing. Some people even say it is what makes us who we are. It links us to
Day: June 6, 2021
BOOKS: The perception that 2020 was unprecedented is inaccurate, says Niall Ferguson
If you think we’ve just had ‘a year like no other’, you need a history lesson By Hugh Linehan in The Irish Times The day
TRAVEL: Thirty three people arrested in Dublin city over bank holiday weekend
Hundreds of drinkers dispersed from gathering points around the city centre By Ellen O’Riordan in The Irish Times A senior garda has defended the force’s
NEW WRITING: Reveries of a Reluctantly Reclusive Rambler
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, my new mentor, wrote – “Sometimes I have thought quite profoundly, but this has rarely given me any pleasure and has almost always
TOURISM: Motorists warned not to ‘risk lives’ as car parks fill up
By Rory Murphy Car parks at popular beauty spots around Loch Lomondside reached capacity early yesterday with warnings that fines could be handed out. Stirling
ENVIRONMENT: Park Authority statement on development proposals for West Riverside, Balloch
June 2, 2021 Media statement on proposals announced by the prospective applicant for West Riverside, Balloch. A spokesperson for Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National