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Sometimes we need to look elsewhere to realise what is happening in our own backyard. Ireland is not Australia, but both countries have become prosperous at a time when many other developed nations are in the midst of an economic downturn.
Other than formal interaction between nations, the role of non-government organisations (NGOs) who provide the heavy lifting in aid relief and community building in war-torn regions is critical, as is the exercise of citizen's voices, and the involvement they have with the political processes of their country.
‘Do try and get out a bit when you’re there,’ said a concerned friend. ‘You know what you’re like about British telly.’
Peter Pierce gets on the bus.
Thoughts from Rosie Hoban, Morag Fraser, Kate Stowell
Reviews of the films The Station Agent, The Passion of the Christ, The Fog of War and Irreversible.
The move to private education is not always what parents might hope.
Former South African Supreme Court Judge, Justice Laurie Ackermann spoke recently about how he struggled with his judicial role under apartheid.
Peter Pierce onThe Autobiography of Wilfred Burchett.
Peter Pierce identifies a salutary failure in Rowan Metcalfe’s Transit of Venus.
Reviews of the films Bad Santa; Team America: World Police; Finding Neverland and Napoleon Dynamite.
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