‘I don’t give a damn, honk away’: Is this 105-year-old Ireland’s oldest driver? – The Irish Times
Hugh O’Neill is older than the Irish State. When he was born on September 7th, 1921, there were…
A Churchill painting that mysteriously fell into the hands of a Nazi collaborator is on show in London – The Art Newspaper
A painting by Winston Churchill that was lost during the Second World War may have been looted or…
There are lies, damned lies and AI: why I despise ‘artificial intelligence’ – The Irish Times
Until very recently, I thought AI was artificial insemination. Then I had experience of the unreal world of…
Artist Erna Rosenstein, whose work about memory and loss resonates today, celebrated with major Vienna exhibition – The Art Newspaper
Influential during her lifetime, yet largely unfamiliar outside of central and eastern Europe, the Polish artist Erna Rosenstein…
Brown tree snakes reached Guam hidden in military cargo during World War II, and it triggered an ecological collapse that wiped out nearly all native birds and slashed tree seedling growth by up to 92% |
An invasive snake that likely arrived on Guam hidden inside military cargo after the Second World War went…
Caravaggio and Rubens works destroyed by fire in Second World War are brought back to (digital) life – The Art Newspaper
Works by Caravaggio and Peter Paul Rubens lost in a fire in the Second World War will soon…
134 Irishmen killed at sea added to official roll of second World War fatalities – The Irish Times
The names of 134 Irish merchant navy and fishing fleet seamen have been added to the official roll…
The lasting legacy of Ireland’s actions at the end of the second World War – The Irish Times
For a man who led a country that stood aside from the second World War, Éamon de Valera…
Taoiseach criticises ‘shocking’ level of ignorance about Holocaust – The Irish Times
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the public should be “outraged and offended” by the growing number of people…
Holocaust survivor, skilled table tennis player and Ireland’s oldest man – The Irish Times
At the height of the second World War, Josef Veselsky received a note from his brother Hugo Weiss…
A shock finding in the Irish State archives – The Irish Times
“My blood runs cold,” says Finola Cassidy, referring to the effect of reading material in the National Archives…
Would the fighting spirit that defeated the Nazis be possible now? You’d have to worry – The Irish Times
Every year Herself and a friend embark on what she deprecatingly calls an old lady holiday, though it’s…