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Oliver J. Flanagan:The Moral Majority Strikes Back

Oliver J. Flanagan:The Moral Majority Strikes Back

Contents

  • Oliver J Flanagan - The Bitterness Erupts.  
  • The Revolt of the 11/64 (Gene Kerrigan)
  • The Secrets of Opus Dei (Maurice Roche)
  • As Time Goes By (Gene Kerrigan)
  • Parliamo Brady: Cian O’Mahony visits Liam Brady at Sampdoria Genova (Cian O’Mahony)
  • The Rise and Fall of Cobh Ramblers (Kevin Cashman)
  • Barrie Cooke: The Process of Growth (Colm Toibin)

 

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Oliver J. Flanagan - The Bitterness Erupts
The humiliation of Garret FitzGerald has been one of the sweetest triumphs for Oliver J. Flanagan in his long Dail career. For over 14 years he has harboured feelings bordering on loathing of his current party leader and his recent triumph has more significance in purely personal terms than in political or even theological ones....
THE REVOLT OF THE 11/64
Gene Kerrigan reports on the campaign involving the 11/64 branch of Waterford Glass at Kilbarry.
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The Secrets of Opus Dei

The nature of Opus Dei, and its activities, have hitherto been shrouded in mystery. Maurice Roche raises the blindson this secretive and influential organisation....

As Time Goes By - May 1983
Not doing too bad, are we? Most political movements burrow away for years and all they have to show for it is a few TDs elected. And, as all but the lame-brained will tell you, TDs are not so much an asset as an affliction. But we in the Spontaneous Aggravation Party have managed to destabilise the country in the space of a couple of years. ...
Parliamo Brady. Cian O' Mahony visits Liam Brady at Sampdoria Genova

Liam Brady steps off the UC Sampdoira bus into Hotel Cassalli, Cesena. Seven o'clock on Saturday evening, March 12. Irish superstar in Italy clocking in for another weekend away from home keeping the people happy.

Cesena is a town of 90,000 people in the province of Emilia-Romagna. It's nine miles inland from the Adriatic Sea and a little south of Ravenna - capital of the Roman Empire in the fourth century AD, famous for its early Christian Art and fabulous mosaics.

Cesena Football Club are third

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The Rise and Fall of Cobh Ramblers
The "miracle" was no miracle at all. Cobh Ramblers have been threatening to do it or something like it for years. They beat Drogheda in 1975 when the Louth men were one of the better League of Ireland teams. In 1981 they beat Galway who, homely and humble as they undoubtedly were, were still a League of Ireland team and favourites for the game. Through the past eleven years Ramblers have won the Munster Senior League eight times. And they won the Intermediate Cup in 1980 and this year.  ...
Barrie Cooke : The Moment Of Seeing
In several senses, Barrie Cooke occupies the middle ground in Irish art. He lives in Kilkenny. At Jerpoint near Thomastown, with Sonja Landweer, and he is one of the few artists in the country to have earned the near universal approbation of his peers. The quahty. range and consistency of his work have engendered wide and genuine respect.
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