It was “not that there was no sex in Ireland before television, but that there might as well not have been any because nobody talked about it publicly and intelligently”.
Category: BOOK REVIEWS
BOOKS: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO CATHOLIC IRELAND
The coronavirus pandemic offers a chilling metaphor to describe the fall from grace of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
ECONOMIC IMPACT IS ONLY NOW BEGINNING TO SHOW
We are only now beginning to see the economic impact that the crisis is having on our country as a whole and on the lives of individuals. The announcement from Rolls-Royce will come as a shock to many in our local community who I know are employed by the company.
TOWN DOCTOR WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NHS
A plaque and a portrait in Dumbarton Library is not sufficient tribute to Cronin, who was born in a cottage in Cardross and lived in Round Riding Road, Dumbarton.
BOOK REVIEW: FROM THE CLYDE TO THE CARRIBEAN
According to Alexander McCall Smith this is “a colourful and fascinating story – the first of what I hope will be many adventures penned by the talented Mr O’Rourke.”
BOOK REVIEW: EVEN THE OLIVES ARE BLEEDING
Even The Olives Are Bleeding, a television documentary broadcast in 1976, told the story of the men who went to fight for both sides in the Spanish civil war.