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The history of Jews in Europe has not always been a happy one. Europe’s treatment of the Jews added certain words to the human vocabulary: disputation, forced conversion, inquisition, expulsion, auto da fe, ghetto, pogrom and Holocaust, words written in Jewish tears and Jewish blood. Yet for all that, Jews loved Europe and contributed to it some of its greatest scientists, writers, academics, musicians, shapers of the modern mind.”
County Derry Post picks up award
Local paper picks up national camogie coverage award
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The County Derry Post will be the recipient of a Mick Dunne award at the 2020 Camogie Association Media Awards later this month.
Mick, who died in 2002, was a native of Laois and started his career with the Irish Press where he moved from librarian to 13 years as GAA correspondent, before moving to RTE. He was a central player in starting up the GAA All-Stars scheme.
After a season of covering the game at school, club and county level, the County Derry Post have been rewarded for their sporting coverage.
Offaly’s Pat Fleury. Photo: Sportsfile
It ran from 1963 to 1967, but since it didn t have official GAA backing and was largely ignored by the wider media world, it ran aground.
Mick Dunne (initially Irish Press and later RTÉ) led the campaign to launch a new and official scheme, complete with sponsors and a glitzy presentation ceremony, the first of which was held on December 15, 1971.
Carrolls did an excellent job marketing the new arrival, including the production of large colourful posters, which carried pictures and citations for all 30 players. They became essential decorations on pub and club walls and, in many cases, a whole range of them are still to be seen around the country.
Ronnie Whelan’s homecoming during the tumultuous summer of 1981
The young, former Home Farm midfielder was part of an eventful Dublin stay. By Kevin Brannigan Monday 28 Dec 2020, 8:00 AM Dec 28th 2020, 8:00 AM 20,871 Views 7 Comments
Ronnie Whelan in full flow for Liverpool in 1983.
Image: EMPICS Sport
Image: EMPICS Sport
WITH A HEADLINE screaming ‘HUNGER STRIKER NO. 10 DIES’, the Evening Herald hit the capital’s news stands just in time for the after-work rush.
It was Thursday, 20 August 1981 and having gone 60 days without food, Michael Devine, a 27-year-old member of the INLA, was the 10th and final of the H-Block Hunger Strikers to die.