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07/08/26
Caisleán Cnucha agus Castleknock Tidy Towns (2025/26)
I am nearly a year "slow" on this but I only noticed this yesterday driving in a friend's car on College Road! I love it!! 💖💖💖 I will take a couple of photos of the spot for WC / Wikimedia Commons at some point over the next few weeks.
Bilingual EN/GA bookmarks (2026)
I bought these 4 bilingual aluminium EN/GA bookmarks from the shop Local Irish Gifts in Wexford
Town recently – I love them, not that I really read 4 books at a time! 😊😍 The shops sells a pretty
wide selection of as Gaeilge and bilingual as Gaeilge / as Béarla stuff which is great dar liom!
The Hidden Story: Children, Development, and FASD — A Challenge for Irish Society. — Dr. Liam Curran (Near FM 2026)
Soundbite 🔊 Which Drug Is Most Damaging During Pregnancy?
– Dr. Liam Curran @ Near FM (2026)
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Immigration and the Irish language — DJP (2026)
I shouldn't have to spell this out – I have been aware of this for over 20 years – but generally immigration
to Ireland is good for the Irish language.
Not only do most immigrants to Ireland speak at least two languages – many of them speak more than
two and many of them have a much greater understanding of the position of minority languages and
cultural diversity from their original countries so they can I believe understand the position of the Irish
language in Ireland more and why some people believe strongly that we should preserve and try to grow
Gaeilge.
I do think that the growth in immigration in Ireland over the last few years is unsustainable and we should
be permitting a lot less new people into the country over the next few years so we can cope but I don't
make a false connection saying that immigration is not good for the Irish language and to the contrary I
think that most of the time it is the reverse.
If the Irish language in Ireland is not in a strong a place as ideal it is because the vast bulk of the native
Irish population have no strong committment to brush up on the language in a decent sense and speak it.
Thomas Davis
Update – According to ChatGPT while this quote has been widely attributed to Thomas Davis it is
possible that it is a paraphrase. I hate it when this happens with great quotes.
27/07/26
An Fál Carrach (Falcarragh) — An observation — DJP (2026)
From my Facebook tonight below. I visited the north-west Donegal Gaeltacht area on Saturday although
forgot to take a photo of An tSean Bheairic. You can see the photos I took on my day trip on WC here,
here and see the short video I took of Gleann Nimhe here.
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The Development of Dunsink and Public Transport in Dublin and Nationally in General — Roderic O'Gorman TD (Green Party/Comhaontas Glas Leader) — Near FM (July 2026)
(Full interview)
🔊 The Green Party on Public Transport / Rail to Donegal?
Roderic O'Gorman TD @ Near FM (2026)
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Spirituality — DJP
This is funny I think and it is I am inclined to believe true as well. Even M. Scott Peck who was a
committed Christian (he was my favourite writer) said the same kind of thing.
Of course I don't believe that we as individuals have the full power of God but I am inclined to believe
that we are individuations of God and able to draw on the power of God at times while not being able
to draw on the full power of God. I would recommend Scott's books (although he didn't write about this
aspect of spirituality a lot) and Neale Donald Walsch's books to hear more about this idea.
#Meditation
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Strengthening of Legislation and Garda Enforcement needed for Puppy Farms — Near FM Report (2026)
🔊 Linda Martin on Ireland Being Known as Puppy Farm Capital of Europe
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