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Why the Left has no right to celebrate fall of Berlin Wall
Friday November 13 2009
There has been something just a tad galling about some of the coverage of the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall this past fortnight. You would think, to judge from the coverage, that opposition to Eastern European communism was uniform throughout the Western world, including Ireland, when it was anything but.
Berlin and the brave new world
Tuesday November 10 2009
LAST night in Berlin, the leaders of Europe gathered to commemorate one of the most iconic and most hopeful events of the late 20th century. On November 9, 1989, a barrier fell and pulled a system down with it.
Mortgage nightmare
Tuesday November 10 2009
AMONG the fears inflicted on individuals and families by the financial crisis, one of the most nightmarish is the fear of losing one's home. The danger of house repossessions has not yet assumed the importance of rescuing the banks or repairing the public finances, but it will certainly receive more and more attention as events unfold.
Merkel takes an afternoon stroll from history to a brighter future
Tuesday November 10 2009
Angela Merkel, a woman in no man's land, waded through a cheering crowd yesterday to make the journey across Berlin's former East-West border -- and into her own past.
Germans mark the day world changed forever
Monday November 09 2009
TWENTY years to the day since the Berlin Wall was first breached, the city will today play host to a celebration of the momentous changes brought about by the fall of a monument to a repressive regime.
Obama's Nobel call to find peace in our time
Saturday October 10 2009
A SLIGHTLY sheepish President Barack Obama accepted the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize as a "call to action" to the whole world to confront the global challenges before it, ranging from climate change to the threat of nuclear proliferation.
'No' vote 'could split Europe'
Saturday September 19 2009
REJECTION of the Lisbon Treaty could prompt calls for the EU to move off in two separate directions, former Polish president Lech Walesa said yesterday.
Sallins Snake slithers through the minefield
Saturday September 19 2009
A Fine Gael worker bee paused on the corridor of Leinster House yesterday morning. "Where are you off to?" he asked cheerily.
