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Joyce’s real Dubliners
The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses: A Biographical Guide by Vivien Igoe (University College Dublin Press, €40.00hb)
All Hallows to host festival week
All Hallows College in Dublin will mark its final year with a Festival Week to which everyone with a connection to the historic college is invited. All alumni, friends, staff and pastmen are invited to join us for a calendar of events during 17-22 July. A family fun day will be held on July 17…
Accused clergy homeless in Dublin
Staff Reporter Several priests who have been accused of child sexual abuse are thought to be homeless in Dublin, the head of the Church safeguarding board has warned. Contrasting how diocesan clergy faced with accusations can lack the supports priests from religious orders have, NBSCCCI chief Teresa Devlin told The Irish Catholic that she is frequently…
Brexit and peace in the North
Dear Editor, I was glad to see Martin Mansergh (‘Somme anniversary is sober reminder of essential role of European integration’, IC 07/07/2016) rightly drawing connections between the Battle of the Somme and the dangers posed by England and Wales voting for the UK to leave the EU. Some will doubtless see this as hysterical scaremongering,…
Cavalier approach to the Constitution
Dear Editor, What are we to make of the cavalier approach of our parliamentarians to Bunreacht na hÉireann in the matter of the Eighth Amendment? The Attorney General has expressed her opinion that the legislation proposed is contrary to the Constitution and thus illegal. Would not the civilised thing to do be to tease the…
Embracing Jean Vanier’s vision for all
Dear Editor, Jean Vanier, founder of the L’Arche communities and a tireless advocate of the dignity of all people, especially the disabled, says in his book Our Life Together: “Each person, whatever his or her abilities, strengths or weaknesses, is important and sacred. They are a person loved by God and created for love. It…
Brexit analysis must remember migration
Dear Editor, John Bruton (‘Brexit and the future of the European project’, IC 30/06/2016) hardly heeds David Cameron’s post-referendum remarks in Brussels. The latter mentions how mass migration swayed so many, yet your contributor’s article ignores the issue. Yours etc., Seán Bearnabhail, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.
Brexit – like climbing out of a battered Volkswagen
Dear Editor, I do not share the view of many of your correspondents that Britain’s decision to exit the European Union was a bad thing. As a Catholic unionist I would point out that the decision was democratically arrived at and reflected the view of the majority of the British electorate to make their own…
The Abbey Theatre’s role in the making of modern Ireland
The Splendid Years: The Memoirs of an Abbey Actress and 1916 Rebel by Máire Nic Shúibhlaigh with Edward Kenny, edited by David Kenny (Dublin: New Island Books, €15.95)