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Jul 17, 2024 |
independent.ie | Kevin Beirne
Kevin Beirne: Why splash out on weapons to defend against an invasion that won’t happen? Members of the Irish Defence Forces’ Army Ranger Wing on manoeuvres. Photo: Tom BradyWith the local and European elections in the bag and the Dáil on summer recess, silly season is in full swing. October’s budget will be the last for the current Government, and politicians have already begun to lobby for more money to be spent on their chosen pet projects.
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Jun 26, 2024 |
independent.ie | Kevin Beirne
Of all the cities on my list to visit, Las Vegas was the one that stood out as unusual. I have no interest whatsoever in falseness of a place like Dubai but for some reason, there was something oddly charming about Sin City. Amid all the bright lights and the gaudy displays of wealth, there was a knowing smile. A sort of in joke, that it knew that it was ridiculous. So when my partner and I decided to take a road trip on the west coast of the US this Easter, we knew Vegas had to be one of our stops.
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Jun 20, 2024 |
independent.ie | Kevin Beirne
San Francisco – iconic sights, streets and eats on our US city break A view from beneath the Golden Gate BridgeArriving into San Francisco on a Friday night, I expected the city to be teeming with people leaving work and celebrating the weekend but instead it’s about as lively as Dublin was on our way to the airport at 6am that morning.
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Jun 19, 2024 |
independent.ie | Kevin Beirne
As Sinn Féin sifts through the embers of the local and European elections, I hope it takes a close look at itself with regard to one topic in particular – immigration. There has been a noticeable rightward shift in the party’s rhetoric around immigration this year. But has it been successful?
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Apr 25, 2024 |
independent.ie | Kevin Beirne
Most years, discussions over Ireland’s representation in the Eurovision centre on whether we make it out of our semi-final. Still the joint most successful country in the competition’s 68-year history, we have qualified for the final just once in the last decade. But the question this year is whether we should even show up. Israel’s continued inclusion in this year’s tournament is, to put it mildly, a hypocritical disgrace.
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