Since the global pandemic began, debate has raged over whether Tokyo should go ahead with the Olympic Games, now set to open on July 23.
The same heated debates were heard the last time an Olympic Games were staged following a global pandemic the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) strongly believed the Olympics would help bring the world back together not just after the devastating Spanish Flu pandemic that killed at least 50 million people, but also the tumult of the first world war.
Only six months after the armistice that ended the conflict and in the midst of the pandemic Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics and president of the IOC, called an extraordinary IOC session to award the 1920 Olympics to Antwerp in recognition of Belgium’s suffering.
Investor Ergo Real Estate, on behalf of Aver Property, its joint venture with NFU Mutual, is forward funding the development of 1.1 million ft2 of warehouse space across the UK.
It has agreed to fund two mid box schemes; one in Middlewhich where it will see the development of Units 1,2 and 3 totalling 222,743 ft2 at Ergo Park, which is being brought forward by Total Developments. Another four unit scheme will be brought forward at Ergo Park Sheffield.
Two further big box warehouses have been funded as part of this announcement. Aver will fund Prologis’ 352,812 ft2 DC2 Prologis Park in Fradley as well as a single 367,163 ft2 industrial unit at Broadway Green Business Park in Oldham, which will be developed by Rula Developments.
21 min read What did The Irish Times first say about some works of literature that turned into classics? We trawled the archive to find out
The Irish Times was founded in March 1859 and, more than 160 years later, is recognised for the quality and the quantity of the pages it devotes to Irish and international literature. Its deep engagement is reflected in the authors who have written columns for it over the years, among them Brian Friel, Kate OâBrien, John Montague, Maeve Binchy, Derek Mahon, Nuala OâFaolain, Stewart Parker and, most famously, Flann OâBrien.
Things got off to a rather sluggish start, however, as Terence Brown observed in his history of the newspaper: âUntil the 1880s and 1890s there was little sense that Ireland possessed a literature of its own. This began to change, however, as what became known as the Irish Literary Revival began to make its impact on cultural life.â
Running Rings Around the Empire: The 1908 Olympics
Statues in Nenagh, County Tipperary, of three Olympic gold medalists from or with Nenagh connections. Left to right, 1908 Olympians Matt McGrath, Johnny Hayes, and Bob Tisdall, who won a gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy Nenagh Olympic Athletic Club) By Roger McGrath, Contributor
In 1908, as the world’s attention focused on the Olympic Games in London, Britain had decided again not to allow Ireland to field its own team, imperiously stating, “Ireland is not a nation.” All Irish athletes would have to compete as members of the British team.
Top: Carlingford, Co. Louth, the main town on the Cooley Peninsula, with Slieve Foy in the background.
Bottom: Deirble s Twist, Fallmore, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo. Images: Tourism Ireland.
By Darina Molloy
Mayo on the west coast and Louth on the east, boast some of the most historic sites in Ireland, and now locals living in the area of the Cooley Peninsula and Ballina can expect many the curious traveler on the trail of President Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors.
(All images: Tourism Ireland).
Wee Louth and Mighty Mayo – what do they have in common? Well, certainly not their size nor their location in Ireland, but as it happens, they share one very important son: President Joseph Biden. With his mother’s Blewitt ancestors hailing from Ballina, County Mayo, and her Finnegan family traced back to the Cooley Peninsula, Co. Louth, the 46