Plotting partition: The other Border options that might have changed Irish history Three plans were considered for the Irish Border before the six counties model was adopted
Fri, May 21, 2021, 16:08 Updated: about 5 hours ago Conor Mulvagh
A former customs guard hut is illuminated on the Irish Border in Ravensdale, Ireland. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty
The Irish Border is the defining feature of Ireland’s modern political geography. Established in law in the 1920 Government of Ireland Act, it was intended separate two parts of the United Kingdom that were to undergo simultaneous devolution. When the mechanisms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty brought the Irish Free State into being in December 1922, that boundary line became an international border. However, the roots of partition go back even further to before the first World War.
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Curlew numbers have decreased by 96% in a 30-year period
People are being encouraged to report sightings of breeding curlews as part of a programme aimed at bringing the iconic bird back from the brink .
The Curlew Conservation Programme is encouraging landowners and other members of the public to record locations of curlew sightings between April and June and report the information to the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
The NPWS has said breeding curlew are currently nesting in bogs, pastures, meadows and other open and wet habitats in hotspots around the country.
The identified hotspots are: Stack s Mountains, Co Kerry; Lough Corrib; Lough Ree; North Roscommon/Mayo; Mid-Leitrim; North Monaghan; Donegal; the Slieve Aughty Mountains and counties Laois and Kildare.
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North West STOP growing rapidly
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North West STOP Chairperson, Tom O’Reilly in his address to the organisation’s recent annual general meeting, which was held via Zoom, stated he was “delighted North West STOP had grown rapidly in the past two years.
“We had wondered if we could survive two years ago and look at where we are now. This is due to our counsellors on the ground. I thank Dermot Lahiff (the Counsellors Coordinator) for his work day in day out, week in week out.”
Tom paid tribute to Deirdre O’Hagan for excellent work as Secretary for the past five years while he also singled out for praise founder members Carmel, and Sean Fallon for their outstanding dedication to North West STOP.