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A GROUP COLLATING the names of thousands of Irish World War I veterans will hold a memorial service next weekend to remember all those who survived the war.
The Ireland’s World War 1 Veterans project is run by volunteers and aims to gather the names of all those who fought in and survived the Great War.
The database currently contains almost 31,000 names of Irish men and women who fought in World War I from a range of backgrounds.
The group hopes to ultimately erect a memorial in both Dublin and Belfast to list the names of these veterans.
Project founder Sabina Purcell told TheJournal.ie that she has been amazed with how the All-Ireland project has progressed since it was started last week.
“I thought it would be good to reach 500 names, but it has grown so much,” she said.
“A lot of people are eager to get in touch and share their stories. What usually happens is one person emails with details of several of their relatives who fought in the war.”
“We don’t question the reasons why they joined,” Purcell said.
It could be because they needed a source of income, it could have been for the adventure, it could because they simply believed in democracy.
While many found it difficult to find employment when returning from World War I, some found work with companies like Guinness, the postal service, and Dublin Corporation.
“Unfortunately, some of them were vilified, some of them were even spat out on the street.”
Next Sunday the veterans group will hold a ecumenical service at 2.30pm in St. Laurence’s Church, Stillorgan, Co Dublin.
“We want to be as diplomatic and as inclusive as possible,” Purcell said, “so we’re asking anyone who’s coming along to bring a single stemmed flower of their choice to the service.”
A Google-backed project to collate the names of the 41,000 Irish who died in the conflict was launched earlier this year.
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore said that the digitisation of the records was “making up for lost time”.
Details of how to contact the Ireland’s World War 1 Veterans project are available here, or you can email contact@worldwar1veterans.com.
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Or maybe parents can step up and actually monitor their kids phone usage.
An example is Google’s family link. I use that for my 12 year olds phone. I see exactly what apps are on the phone. No other apps can be downloaded unless I give permission. Web sites are restricted , even search queries are restricted. I see exactly what he’s doing, how much time is spent and so on. I can turn off any app or Internet access when I want.
The apps are out there for this.
What’s the problem is parents are just blindly giving kids phones and think that’s it, job done.
As for Tik Tok. Any parent who lets their kid use that needs their head examined.
@Shane Kinsella (Kinsey): any kid with either a friend, or themselfs being tech savvy will get around all those wonderful parental controls.
@Martin Mongan: nope, doesn’t work like that . It’s locked down , only I can remove the app.
@Shane Kinsella (Kinsey): I find that family link works a treat also
@Shane Kinsella (Kinsey): 100%. Just more lazy parenting leading to the creation of an industry. A government agency will be set up with large amounts of taxpayers money funding it. We are handing over control of every aspect of our lives to the state.
@Shane Kinsella (Kinsey): I applaud you, unfortunately though, as referenced in the article, the majority of parents just aren’t willing or able to monitor their kids internet usage. Therefore something must be done, as the danger of this issue is too great, big companies are taking advantage of our children and using them to make profit, I reckon that’s reason enough for government intervention, by way of enforcing what regulation is already in place.
I don’t need to wait 20 years to know that I’m already shocked at what kids look at online.
If you let a child go to bed with their phone and access to Google, you may as well let them go to bed with a bunch of strangers in the room.
Nobody under the age of 16 should be allowed own a smartphone and it should be made law, you have access to far too much information that impressionable minds just can’t or shouldn’t have to comprehend. You can say what you like about parental controls and all that mullarkey but kids will find a way around all of those. With the amount of predators on the internet and cases of online bullying that have led to child suicides it’s just proof that you need strong legislation around this to protect children
@Michael McGrath: Crime is committed almost exclusively by bad adults. Anything that endangers the formation of young minds is obviously harmful to adult minds also.
Please look after my kids, I can’t be bothered
When I was growing up, all I wanted to do was what the adults where doing, go to pubs and drink alcohol, and now all kids want to do is not only drink but use a smart device, why? Because that’s what most adult do, and use their phones, especially when in the company of their children. I have witnessed this every day, yet parents have no idea why their children want it so bad. Parents are obviously to how much time they spend on their devices. Open your eyes, and you shall see!
@AphroBeat: 100%
Big difference between
Being a Parent
and
Having Children
“Think of a smartphone like a loaded gun – would you allow your 6-year old to go to sleep with a smartphone under their pillow?”
Really!? The two are incomparable and that statement is a classic fear tactic to sell your trash article. I don’t let my kids near phones. You never know what manipulative predators are out there. As for their guns, they always sleep with the safety on.
@Rees: How is it a ‘trash’ article? You admit to not leaving your kids near phones for fear of the ‘manipulative predators are out there’.
So this lady, a highly qualified lady, writes an article to highlight these dangers in the hope of reaching/educating parents and its ‘trash’?
Why because you didn’t like an analogy she used? And you accuse her of using fear tactics to sell her article? Even though you fear for your own children’s safety with these devices.. so surely you know it’s not scaremongering or fear tactics.. and they do present very real dangers?
Confused much?
The government will set up a committee to look into it and report back in 10 years time.
Not just Smart Phones but Thick Tely are a threat to mental health of children and adults. Violent upsetting promotions of nastiest scenes from late night “Crime as Entertainment” programs shown from peak afternoon hours mixed in with family viewing viewings.
A public health expert no less. Who confers these titles on people?
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