Reading Time: 3 minutes Red Hugh O’Donnell was the kind of historical figure who often fires imaginations
Tag: Ireland
Flu pandemic of 1918 brutal, virulent killer
Reading Time: 3 minutes One hundred years ago, a flu pandemic swept across the world, killing tens of millions of people, particularly those in the prime of life
Ireland on the cusp of political upheaval
Reading Time: 4 minutes Should Sinn Fein come to power, it’ll be interesting to see how they deliver results. Making promises is easy. Getting a job done is different
What if Brexit leads to the breakup of the United Kingdom?
Reading Time: 3 minutes A separate Scotland and a unified Ireland would certainly face new challenges. But life might be easier for the English
Brexit’s potential for unintended consequences
Reading Time: 3 minutes How about Scottish independence and Irish unification, just to start the conversation?
Republic of Ireland offers valuable social, economic lessons
Reading Time: 3 minutes Looking for – and finding – solutions to hot-button issues from education to economic vibrancy to population growth
With war on the doorstep, The Singing Cowboy came calling
Reading Time: 3 minutes His tour of the U.K. and Ireland just before the Second World War was a huge success. But prudence meant his entourage came home early to avoid any danger
How Ireland stayed neutral in a world at war
Reading Time: 3 minutes Under the leader ship of Eamon de Valera and with a very small army, virtually no aerial capability and little naval service, Ireland was a sitting duck in the Second World War
The unexpected rise of Margaret Thatcher
Reading Time: 3 minutes Into the U.K.’s Winter of Discontent came a woman of sharp edges and a clear mind about how change would be managed
The echoing calls for reconciliation and sound social architecture
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Ireland, in South Africa, in Canada the desire for stability, resolution and trust runs deep