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2003: Reeling In The Years

Updated / Wednesday, 7 Apr 2021 10:57 2003 saw over 7000 athletes from 160 countries take part in the Special Olympics in Ireland. It was the year that the Spire in Dublin s O Connell Street was completed, the Famine replica ship Jeanie Johnston made its maiden voyage to America, and Dubliner Rosanna Davison won the Miss World competition. An exclusive photo deal with Hello magazine meant that Ireland s wedding of the year took place behind closed doors in France: Westlife s Nicky Byrne married Georgina Ahern, daughter of Bertie and Miriam. Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, on stage at Dublin s Croke Park, during the opening ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics on 21 June.  Photo: Thomas Holton (via RTÉ Photographic Archive)

2006: Reeling in the Years

Updated / Tuesday, 6 Apr 2021 14:33 2006 was the year of the Love Ulster riot, when a planned loyalist march down O Connell Street led to chaos and street fighting in Dublin city centre. We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences Watch: RTÉ News report on riots in Dublin on 25 February 2006 (via RTÉ Archives)  Although Irish soccer manager Steve Staunton struggled in his new role, it was also a year of sporting success: Cork sprinter Derval O Rourke won gold at the World Indoor Championships, Katie Taylor won World and European boxing titles and Bernard Dunne took the European Super bantamweight title.

Changing her community for the better: Juanita Craft s life-long fight for equality left an impact on Dallas

Updated: 6:38 PM CST February 9, 2021 DALLAS No matter the roadblocks or reasons she shouldn t have been able to, Juanita Craft lived a life built around bringing equality for the Black community in Dallas. Craft was not only the first Black woman in Dallas County to vote in a public election, but she also served more than 50 years with the Dallas chapter of the NAACP. Early life Juanita Jewel Shanks Craft was born in February of 1902. While she was a granddaughter of slaves, Craft was an only child of schoolteachers David Sylvestus and Eliza Balfour Shanks. Credit: Juanita Craft Her mother, Shanks, died from tuberculosis after being refused treatment because there were no state hospitals for Black Texans.

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