Useless, unsuitable or insulting? The bad gifts you got for Christmas could be just what someone else is looking for
Oxfam Ireland runs an Unwanted Gifts campaign every year after Christmas, encouraging people to donate gifts they do not need ...
Holocaust survivor Joe Veselsky, Ireland’s oldest man, prepares for anniversary of liberation
His father fought with the Austro-Hungarian empire in the first World War and was invalided out in 1917. Joe was born on ...
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D-Day veteran, 99, is ‘great example to us all’, King says
The King has praised a 99-year-old D-Day veteran as a “great example to us all” as he toured a regimental museum in Aberdeen.
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James Flynn obituary: Taxing Master with a love of military memorabilia, history and venerable buildings
James Flynn, who was Ireland’s Taxing Master — designated to assess legal fees in the High Court in cases where costs were in ...
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Treating the traumatised: Shell-shocked veterans in the Irish Free State
Given the momentous changes that occurred in Irish politics and society during the First World War, it’s easy to overlook the extraordinary ‘Home Front’ efforts across the island between 1914 and 1918 ...