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Weekend's Club Championship preview

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Club matches in both codes with significant implications continue this weekend throughout the county.For full list of the fixtures click here .FRIDAY There is no shortage of interesting Friday evening action with Parnell Park providing the backdrop for a Dublin SFC clash between St Jude's and Na Fianna.That promises to
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O'Sullivan confident there's more to come from Meath ladies

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By John Harrington The dust had barely settled on Meaths back to back All-Ireland Ladies Football Final victory over Kerry when some analysts spooled out the line that this would be as good as it would get for the Royals.The fact that star players Vikki Wall and Orla Lally were
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96% fall in climate related deaths over past century

96% fall in climate related deaths over past century

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Figures from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) show that over the past 100 years, climate related deaths from storms, floods, droughts, wildfires and extreme temperatures have dropped by 96%, from an average of 485,000 per year in the 1920s to 18,000 per year in
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Remember the Dublin Grassroots Network - "No Borders No Nations" . How is that going for us now

Remember the Dublin Grassroots Network - "No Borders No Nations" . How is that going for us now

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The Dublin Grassroots Network was a coalition of radical socialist and communist groups which arose from the national Grassroots Gathering in 2001. Its activists came from campaigns focusing on issues such as pro-abortion activism, anti-racism, housing, environment and anti-war with many describing themselves as anarchists, feminists, socialists and ecologists. Its
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Galway Man begins walk to Brussels to protest Cost of Living and Homeless crisis

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Galway Man begins walk to Brussels to protest Cost of Living and Homeless crisis
Galway Man Alan Sweeney has begun a 28 day walk from Galway to Brussels to highlight Homeless and Cost of Living Crisis
A Galway Man has begun a 28 day , 605 mile (974km) Walk to the EU Commission in Brussels to protest the Homeless and Cost of Living Crisis in Ireland. 

Alan Sweeney from Kilcolgan in Galway began the first leg of his Journey from Kilcolgan towards Dublin Port , a walk which will take him 6 days and see him cover 203km. Sweeney will then board the ferry to Holyhead where he'll walk to Dover, a 567km trek over 16 days. From Dover he'll travel to Calais in France where he'll start the final leg of his Journey to Brussels covering 204km over 6 days , finally arriving at the EU Commission in Brussels on July 24th.

Writing on social media Mr Sweeney has said he is walking to Brussels to "protest against the current Homeless and Cost of Living crisis in Ireland" and to "highlight the devastating impacts that the EU has had since Ireland joined".

I'm planning on walking from Galway to the EU Commission in Brussels, Belgium in protest against the current Homeless and Cost of Living crisis in Ireland. The reason I'm walking to Brussels is to highlight the devastating impacts that the EU has had since Ireland joined.

These issues involve home ownership decreases, land ownership decreases, child birth decreases, a growing mental health crisis, a growing homeless crisis, debt enslavement as well as watching Ireland's interests being shafted aside in order to entertain EU policies.   
  
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In the past , Mr Sweeney has undertaken Walks from Galway to Dublin, Cork to Dublin, Dublin to Newry, Dublin to Galway and Galway to Cork to raise awareness for the homeless and mental health crisis in Ireland. 

Those wishing to offer Mr Sweeney words of support in his endeavour can contact him via his Facebook Page

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Government Artist 27 Jun 2022 , 01:06 pm
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powerful stuff . he'll have some sore feet when he gets there . good on him though
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Ivaus ☘ 26 Jun 2022 , 10:10 am
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And I would walk 500 miles,and we would walk 500 more,just to be the Man.
Better than doing nothing,and if people joined in,well that is something Inspirational.
ARE THERE BETTER WAYS,TO GET YOUR POINT ACCROSS,ANY Suggestions?
When do we actually grab the Bull by the horns,the shortest "ROUTE " to solve a problem?
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dublin lad 25 Jun 2022 , 02:39 pm
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fair play to this man , not many that would walk 600 miles for their country. note i like to use miles instead of km , km was imposed on us by the EU Commission , miles was always a tradition. easier to visualize too
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