Fifty years ago today internment was implemented here. Over three hundred people were interned – imprisoned without any pretence of justice. John Taylor, now Lord Kilclooney, says “I supported it. The reason why was that it was the only way of bring the IRA to heel.” Is the good Lord having a laugh?
The Olympic Games have ended in Tokyo with style and colour, more successful than would have been thought possible. But how many people remember what happened in Tokyo in March 1945?
Two names that were never mentioned during coverage of the Irish competitors at the games were those of Michelle Smith and Mandy Loughlin. Why was that? Did they not fit what is now called (pardon me while I spit) the ‘narrative’?
Dick Farrel is dead – he caught Covid. During his life he was an ardent anti-vaxxer.
And finally, Lionel Messi – he got paid an awful lot of money by Barcelona. Is that why Barca is in such a financial mess?
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