That article is about locals kicking up about the knock on effect of the lethargy and fecklessness of the customs on the newry (and every other ) road.
Cú Chulainn
Armored cars and tanks and guns..
Slightly Bemused
Better to read Puckoon. A much better take on the whole thing :)
Papi
And they are getting rid of history in schools.
millie st murderlark
I just…. I don’t know what to do with that.
Put it in a bin and set it on fire.
Papi
History will be like cassette tapes. Vaguely believed in and utterly overlooked.
millie st murderlark
All the more for me so.
Honestly, it was my favourite subject in school so I can’t understand how they can get rid of it as compulsory. The value of knowing your own history…
Cian
@millie, just to play the devils advocate for a minute.
What history did you learn? Who chose it? Who delivered it?
I remember having a conversation about Irish 20th century history, there were three of us – similar age, all Dublin-based, but three different schools (1 gaelscoil. 1 CoI, and 1 RC). The differences of what we had been taught (or I suppose our memorys of what we were taught) was extraordinary. I don’t know if it was down to different teachers, or different text books, but we all had different views.
millie st murderlark
Great point Cian. It’s only once you start reading outside of your own cultural sphere you realise how lacking our historical education is.
I was incredibly fortunate, I think, in secondary school in that I had a great teacher who encouraged discussion and made it a very engaging subject. She also happened to be my teacher for both Jr Cert and Leaving Cert.
In LC history especially, the teacher does choose the course, in that they choose the periods of time to study, but for me, that was a gateway. We studied the Vietnam war, and that led me on to read up more on it, which was much more heartbreaking than I’d expected. It led me to read up on war photography. I learned Russian history, and to this day I still love to read about my favourite mad bastard Peter the Great.
More importantly, I learned about my own heritage. We’re a country steeped in history. We have an incredible history, one that is more than “700 years of British rule”, and it’s absolutely crazy that this isn’t considered important enough to retain as a compulsory subject.
Niallo
Small roads like that ? HM government put concrete road blocks up.
Those small roads were closed for 20 odd years.
Thats how.
Daisy Chainsaw
When the Brits invade again, surely this will all be moot?
Slightly Bemused
Maybe that’s why our politicos are interested in participation in a European army. If invaded by a foreign power ( as the UK would be post Sasamach) we may actually have allies who can help.
Slightly Bemused
I am amused at the comment about the road surface improving once you cross into the Republic. Time was you knew you were int he North because the road surface improved, potholes disappeared and road markings magically appeared. My, how times have changed….
Jeffrey
I dont know for the west but in the East it is still like you said last, eyes closed you can tell when you cross as the roads are far better up North than in the Republic.
Slightly Bemused
Ah! As a southerner in this context (travelling up from Kildare) I mainly hit the more eastern crossings.
Daisy Chainsaw
All that EU money, innit!
scottser
Ireland has 208 known border crossings and its border runs along the middle of 11 roads, dissects two ferry crossings and at least three bridges. In comparison,along its entire eastern border, EU has 137 border crossings.
the stuff about technology sorting out the border is typical handwavey ill thought out (thought out at all?) fluff from the tory types
GiggidyGoo
Varadkar ar pains to point out to Johnson that any negotiations are between the EU and the UK. And what does he do then – invites Johnson to Dublin for discussions. What an idiot.
Grounds for posession I reckon .??
UK : Ireland
We are part of the EU but are a country in our own rite.
how did they do it 40 years ago? copy that
Have you ever watched Reeling in the Years?
Even when they weren’t knocking seven shades of it out of each other.
That article is about locals kicking up about the knock on effect of the lethargy and fecklessness of the customs on the newry (and every other ) road.
Armored cars and tanks and guns..
Better to read Puckoon. A much better take on the whole thing :)
And they are getting rid of history in schools.
I just…. I don’t know what to do with that.
Put it in a bin and set it on fire.
History will be like cassette tapes. Vaguely believed in and utterly overlooked.
All the more for me so.
Honestly, it was my favourite subject in school so I can’t understand how they can get rid of it as compulsory. The value of knowing your own history…
@millie, just to play the devils advocate for a minute.
What history did you learn? Who chose it? Who delivered it?
I remember having a conversation about Irish 20th century history, there were three of us – similar age, all Dublin-based, but three different schools (1 gaelscoil. 1 CoI, and 1 RC). The differences of what we had been taught (or I suppose our memorys of what we were taught) was extraordinary. I don’t know if it was down to different teachers, or different text books, but we all had different views.
Great point Cian. It’s only once you start reading outside of your own cultural sphere you realise how lacking our historical education is.
I was incredibly fortunate, I think, in secondary school in that I had a great teacher who encouraged discussion and made it a very engaging subject. She also happened to be my teacher for both Jr Cert and Leaving Cert.
In LC history especially, the teacher does choose the course, in that they choose the periods of time to study, but for me, that was a gateway. We studied the Vietnam war, and that led me on to read up more on it, which was much more heartbreaking than I’d expected. It led me to read up on war photography. I learned Russian history, and to this day I still love to read about my favourite mad bastard Peter the Great.
More importantly, I learned about my own heritage. We’re a country steeped in history. We have an incredible history, one that is more than “700 years of British rule”, and it’s absolutely crazy that this isn’t considered important enough to retain as a compulsory subject.
Small roads like that ? HM government put concrete road blocks up.
Those small roads were closed for 20 odd years.
Thats how.
When the Brits invade again, surely this will all be moot?
Maybe that’s why our politicos are interested in participation in a European army. If invaded by a foreign power ( as the UK would be post Sasamach) we may actually have allies who can help.
I am amused at the comment about the road surface improving once you cross into the Republic. Time was you knew you were int he North because the road surface improved, potholes disappeared and road markings magically appeared. My, how times have changed….
I dont know for the west but in the East it is still like you said last, eyes closed you can tell when you cross as the roads are far better up North than in the Republic.
Ah! As a southerner in this context (travelling up from Kildare) I mainly hit the more eastern crossings.
All that EU money, innit!
Ireland has 208 known border crossings and its border runs along the middle of 11 roads, dissects two ferry crossings and at least three bridges. In comparison,along its entire eastern border, EU has 137 border crossings.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-has-208-border-crossings-officials-from-north-and-south-agree-1.3474246
A few references to “nice” houses:
One person’s “nice” is Frank McDonald’s nightmare!
Frank ‘the man that resorts to violence and the question needs to asked, is he a misogynist’ McDonald? Frank ‘not an Architect’ McDonald?
https://m.herald.ie/news/journalist-hit-hotel-woman-for-smirking-27950555.html
An opinionated nasty man.
was kind of thinking that myself!
the stuff about technology sorting out the border is typical handwavey ill thought out (thought out at all?) fluff from the tory types
Varadkar ar pains to point out to Johnson that any negotiations are between the EU and the UK. And what does he do then – invites Johnson to Dublin for discussions. What an idiot.
It going to be a sock-fest