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Periscope towards the past, in Dún Laoghaire

The winds of change are swirling through Dún Laoghaire. This harbour town, home to a mailboat servicing Dublin to Holyhead for over 170 years, recently lost its only ferry service, which served the same route. Plans are afoot for an … Continue reading

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In pole position

These days and months are full of commemorations of seismic events one hundred years ago. A smaller piece of history, about bravery and the human spirit between 1914 and 1917, began one hundred years ago last week with departure by … Continue reading

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