Three weeks of filming, traveling and eating in India compiled into “one day” by the Perennial Plate – an online weekly documentary series dedicated to ‘socially responsible and adventurous eating’.

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Perishing kids.

Is nothing sacred?

Schoolchildren from Northampton National School in Kinvara, Galway, who helped design the 40th anniversary Trocaire Box, run amok with a person-sized box this afternoon

Forty years.

Twins Niamh, left, and Caoimhe Fahy with boxes of yore.

Now put them back up on the telly.

(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)

 

 

Protect Our Coast writes:

This is an example of how coordinated people power, political lobbying, creating awareness and good investigative work can bring about positive results.

The public who were given very little time to respond began over time to realize the environmental risks that drilling so close to the shore (4 miles) could bring along with the fact that the current national oil/gas licencing terms would give little or no revenue to the state. This was clearly an all risk no-win situation for the citizen.

The main issues of concern since Protect Our Coast was launched on Facebook in response to the licence application on January 6th 2012 have been:
1. Environmental impact of drilling 4 miles from the shore and the negative effect of the 2D seismic survey in Dublin Bay’s shallow waters.
2. Inadequate fiscal terms. Ireland has the second most favorable licencing terms to oil companies in the world.
3. The total lack of public consultation. 

We understand from the announcement that Providence Resources have said that they intend to apply again for the licence, we will be evaluating this prospect along with their full statement over the coming days in co-ordination with all of the other non-political groups that are concerned with this matter.

Protect Our Coast (Facebook)

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Researchers feel certain that there was a colony of Irish folk living in what is now South Carolina, when Christopher Columbus “thought” he had discovered the New World.

 

Old Spanish Document Suggests Irish Were In America Before Columbus (Kerry O’Shea, Irish Central)

 

Boards.ie is 15 years old today.

Grown spectacularly from its humble beginnings as a Quake forum.

Fair play though, in fairness.

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