In the
first year of the magnificent new AbbeyGrammar School it is fitting to recall
the opening of the original ChristianBrothersCarstandsSchool, in the words of a
pupil there over one hundred years ago!
Four
Victims Commissioners were set up by the Executive to help those afflicted by
our recent Troubles.One such victim,
who suffered especially because of that bigot-turned-alleged-peacemaker, Paisley, is on my mind.Sadie Reavey is one of the loveliest ladies, that one could meet; a
great champion of peace.
President
Mary McAleese, recently of Rostrevor where her parents still reside, spoke in New York this week at a
special commemoration of the survivors of the Great Hunger.
“I thank New York
for remembering their pain, for respecting them so graciously and for insisting
that we vindicate their lives and deaths by making this awful, avoidable
suffering a thing of the past across the globe.”
15 women rescued in sex-trafficking raidsFifteen women were rescued today as police raided a series of brothels in a major crackdown on human trafficking in the North.
Trains to cease on south-east linePlans to cease passenger trains in the south-east, on the Rosslare to Waterford line, have been approved by the National Transport Authority (NTA).
