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IN A HISTORIC first, both the Taoiseach and Tánaiste took part in Remembrance Day services in Northern Ireland today.
While Eamon Gilmore travelled to Belfast, Enda Kenny laid a wreath of green laurels in Enniskillen. It was accompanied by a card signed by ‘the Government of Ireland’.
Hundreds of people gathered at the town’s war memorial to remember the 11 people killed in an IRA bomb 25 years ago.
Before laying the wreath, Kenny – who did not wear a poppy – bowed his head for a poignant two minutes’ silence.
BBC reports that the Taoiseach then met with victims’ families and survivors of the ‘Poppy Day bombing’.
Remembrance Day is celebrated across Commonwealth countries to honour their service men and women who have died in 20th- and 21st-century conflicts. It marks the anniversary of the end of hostilities of World War I. About 35,000 Irish men were killed during the Great War.
Kenny’s gesture – which would have seemed impossible just a few years ago – comes 18 months after Queen Elizabeth II visited the Republic of Ireland, becoming the first British monarch to do so since the State won its independence.
She laid a wreath in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin to honour Irish soldiers killed during the war for freedom.
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Sounds idilic but what about employment?
@David Grey: and is there many single women there.. Another important question
@David Grey: nail, head
Married and willing would do too
@Peter King: Yep, Mayo is known for its nail head factories. Plenty of employment there
@David Grey:
You’ll be far to busy making fire and building shelters than worrying about employment. Scavenging wild mushrooms and berries for breakfast, trapping wild grouse and distilling your own urine. Won’t be enough hours in the day as it is.
@David Grey: How about creating your own job?
@Acedeuce: Fleeced with them, if you get my drift.
@Tweed Cap: you should see the magic mushrooms coming up after the rain the last few days. Happy days.
When Sam goes .. I’ll go!
What are the broadband speeds like?
@Peter King: and is there shopping delivery
There hasn’t been a band around in years , since they closed the hall
@Peter King: somewhere between “slow” and ” what’s broadband??”…..basically like all of rural Ireland
achill island. now that is a place i;d like to live
@Just Some Guy: You haven’t been then? Went there for long weekend in our camper van left after one day!
Skangers need not apply. If only
Moved from London to remote Mayo, I’m able to work from anywhere and it made sense when we had a kid, 20 years living in NW London to the remote west of Ireland was a daunting thought, but it was amazing, also commuted regularly back to the city via Knock, it was a breeze and much quicker than getting to Dublin, a fantastic place to live, no longer there as I need to engage with Dublin and we’re still figuring out some vital assistances for ‘rural’ Ireland, transport, broadband, etc. It’s maddening how small the island is and how we’ve not yet mastered our way around it, don’t suppose it would be very rural/remote if we did.
Take 3 generations to be fully accepted by the community
Till you look at the world it all a con , control and greed by a few. Ireland is tiny with a small population , it could be great country throughout for all. Even if we took a small percentage of the people that seek work in the UK our economy could grow.
Be there in a minute, hang on
Land of The Yews…….
Moving home is not a simple solution or an easy thing to do . You have to leave behind your families and friends . In short you have to leave behind your support system !
@Frank Dubogovik: FYI,broadband speeds here in Westport faster than most areas in Dublin
Pardon my language but $uck Los Vegas ours is real
Agreed. Though Westport may be the exception rather than the rule, its broadband speed is well ahead of the norm.
Not to mention the fantastic social life!
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