Category Archives: Ireland

De senectute

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Manufacturing output plummets in Eurozone

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Crooked timber

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Hemingway

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Football (1)

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Galway shawl

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Voting till they get it right

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context.    28 February 2012 Ireland to hold referendum on European fiscal pact The news broke this … Continue reading →

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Eurozone desperate to avoid plebiscite

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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DAS VIERTE REICH / THE FOURTH REICH

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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Referendums “have nothing to do with democracy”, claims EU bureaucrat

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Antigone1984.com

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