Yeats, Heaney, Beckett, Boland, Kavanagh, Wilde, Joyce: Many of the most iconic poets in history hail from Ireland, and poetry is arguably a centerpiece of Irish heritage and tradition. Now among them is Frankie Quinn, who made the journey from Irish revolutionary to poet.
Review: Whanganui Showdown thrills wrestling fans at War Memorial Hall
3 May, 2021 02:00 AM
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Victoria Ryan (standing) was victorious in her singles match with Frankie Quinn. Photo / Mike Tweed
Whanganui Showdown
Reviewed by Mike Tweed
A boisterous crowd filled the Whanganui War Memorial Centre on Friday night to watch New Zealand s best wrestlers - including some hometown favourites - put on the Whanganui Showdown. Whanganui was represented in the form of The Modern Day Māori Warrior Ben Mana, Tim Warren, The Cuz Mikaere Isaacs, and H-Flame, who was back in the ring for the first time in eight years.
Tyrone republicans will vehemently challenge prosecution over Francie McNally funeral A republican guard of honour flanks the coffin of former Sinn Féin councillor Francie McNally last April Connla Young
Brian Arthurs. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin
LAWYERS for two Co Tyrone republicans facing prosecution in connection with a funeral say they will vehemently challenge the decision.
Brian Arthurs and Frankie Quinn learned this week they are to be prosecuted in relation to their attendance at the funeral of former Sinn Féin councillor Francie McNally last April.
Both men are former senior members of the republican movement and served time for explosive offences.
Similar to the funeral of Bobby Storey last June, the family had been in prior contact with police.
District Commander Superintendent Mike Baird said at the time that the McNally family had assured police that only family members would be in attendance and that local people could “pay their respects as the funeral cortege passed, by coming out into their gardens or the front of their homes”.
Brian Arthurs, a former IRA commander, was sentenced to 25 years in jail in 1995 on explosives charges and released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.
His brother Declan died, along with seven other IRA men, in an SAS ambush at Loughgall, Co Armagh, in 1987.
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