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In an Irish memorial, I see echoes of Palestine
Oped, Andy Young, Published on 03/10/2025
» The figures by the River Liffey in Dublin are more clothes than flesh. The Famine Memorial, created by Rowan Gillespie, holds in bronze a moment of suffering, the settling in of the Great Hunger, which would cut Ireland's population by more than a quarter, the gone either dead or emigrated.
Beyond police lines, community and culture persist
Oped, Joe Mathews, Published on 11/06/2025
» On Saturday, I went to a riot and found myself at a quinceañera -- a traditional coming-of-age celebration for girls in Latino culture.
Dubious claim
Postbag, Published on 15/04/2025
» Re: "Online arrival cards for Thailand take effect May 1", (BP, April 11).
Testing question
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/08/2021
» Re: "Cabinet approves medic immunity bill," (BP, Aug 18).
Govt behind curve as Covid war heats up
Oped, Atiya Achakulwisut, Published on 03/08/2021
» 'The war has changed," an internal Centers for Disease Control (CDC) memo obtained by The Washington Post warned, saying that Delta infections will likely be more severe as the variant has become "so contagious it acts almost like a different novel virus", spreading more quickly than the common cold while causing more severe illness.
Manslaughter probes worsen vaccination turmoil
News, Reuters, Published on 25/03/2021
» When alarm about potential side effects of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 shot halted vaccinations around Europe this month, many people worried this would damage public trust in the vaccine. In Italy, legal action has added to the turbulence.
Wild Boars become a part of history
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 15/07/2018
» This time last week the rescue mission of the 12 young Wild Boars and their coach had only been half completed. They had all been found miraculously alive, but the question remained how to get them out. And in all honesty, it didn't look great. It was a very strange, uncomfortable feeling. With heavy rains forecast, the initial joy of finding them transformed into the real fear that they could not escape what had become their watery dungeon. It was a race against time.
Biblical timekeeping
News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2018
» In his Feb 12 column, Khun Veera Prateepchaikul said: "Poaching probe shows signs of slippage. Forty-eight days! Why so long for a case which is not complicated at all?"