The Heritage Bill completed its passage through the Oireachtas last night, despite widespread opposition from environmental groups, opposition parties, and concerned citizens and farmers working together with biodiversity.

The Heritage Bill will allow for a relaxation of the dates of the closed period for the burning of vegetation and ‘the cutting, grubbing, removal and otherwise destroying of hedgerows’ contained in Section 40 of the Wildlife Act (1976 and amended 2000)[Note 1] The legislation will allow burning of our upland and lowland hills in March, extending the open period for burning by one month, and for the cutting of roadside hedgerows in August [Note2]. read full story / add a comment

Cork Unity 1916 Rising Commemoration will take place in St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Sunday 1st April 2018. read full story / add a comment

O'Connell Street, Crumlin and Deansgrange. read full story / add a comment

Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee, Cork Republican Movement, relatives and friends met recently in Midleton to organise the 97th Annual Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration for Sunday 18th February 2018 at Midleton. County Cork. read full story / add a comment

First CABHAIR Christmas day swim held in 1976 !
The annual sponsored swim to raise funds for the family and dependants of Irish republican prisoners will , as usual , be held on Christmas day next (Monday 25th December 2017). read full story / add a comment

My dear Irish friends,
Let me introduce the English version of my e-book The Stone Portals devoted to the study of prehistoric Stone artefacts, the first two Chapters (http://www.astrotheos.com/EPage_Portal_HOME.htm) of which I have just posted at my site www.astrotheos.com.
I appeal to you in connection with the fact that much of the material presented in Chapter 2 is devoted to the reconstruction of the prehistoric solar calendar of the Celts, the key days of which are reflected in the festivals (Samhain et al.), and in correlation with the astronomical alignments of the Passage Mounds, and before all – of the Mound of the Hostages, which I analyzed numerically for all the data that I had.
I would not be distracting your attention if the results obtained in relation to precise determining the exact days of these festivals on the alignments of the mounds would not coincide with the same values determined by the astronomical alignment of the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, and a number of other stone artefacts as well.
From my point of view, the results obtained could contribute not only to a more complete disclosure of the properties of these passage mounds and the ancient culture of the Celts in general, but also to that that in scientific, administrative, and esoteric circles, much more attention was paid to preserving and study of these remarkable objects.

Good luck,
Prof. Sergey Smelyakov, Doctor of math, PhD
Kharkov
astrotheos@yahoo.com
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A NEW FLAW has been discovered in the Eoghan Harris / Gerry Gregg TV documentary An Tost Fada (The Long Silence)

A 1939 gravestone (& inscription) of a woman was presented as that of man killed in 1921 (who An Tost Fada said was killed in April 1922). See link to original story below.

Original Story of successful complaint:
RTE upholds complaint against Eoghan Harris programme on War of independence
http://indymedia.ie/article/102026
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From the Garden of Remembrance (Parnell Square) to the GPO (O'Connell Street). read full story / add a comment

The 101st Easter 1916 Commemoration will take place in St. Finbarr's Cemetery, Sunday 16th April 2017. read full story / add a comment

Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee, Cork Republican Movement, relatives and friends met recently in Midleton to organise the 96th Annual Commemoration for Sunday 19th February 2017 at Midleton. County Cork.

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This coming December 25th (2016) will mark the 40th consecutive CABHAIR Christmas Day Swim in the Grand Canal , Dublin !
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Bundoran , Donegal , Saturday 27th August 2016 , 3PM.
35th Annual Hunger Strike Commemoration , East End, Bundoran , Saturday 27th August 2016. read full story / add a comment

As part of a series of public talks organised by the community based Dublin South 1916 Centenary Committee we would like to invite the people of Rathfarnham, Churchtown, Ballinteer, Sandyford and Dundrum to come to what is expected to be a very interesting and informative talk that will be delivered by Donal Fallon,our guest speaker for this public talk in the area as part of our 1916 Centenary Celebrations. read full story / add a comment

This annual RSF-organised commemoration will be held as stated, on Sunday 26th June 2016, at 2.30pm, in Sallins, County Kildare. read full story / add a comment

Three days - six films - with love from Cuba. Opening with one of the saddest episodes in Cuban history - the exodus, in the early sixties, of thousands of children to the United States. Two beautiful shorts and a look at the life of one of Cuba's most loved actresses. The last day of the festival features one irreverent and one sensual comedy. read full story / add a comment

On Bank Holiday Monday, May 2, 2016 - on the eve of the one hundredth
anniversary of Patrick Pearse's execution - the people of Ballinteer,
Rathfarnham, Dundrum, Sandyford and the wider South Dublin
community will come together for a '1916 People's Parade' - to
remember and celebrate the lives of the Pearse brothers and all those
who fought for Irish freedom during the 1916 Rising. read full story / add a comment

Join Reclaim The Vision of 1916 on a march through the streets of Dublin
on Sunday 24th April 2016, Assembling at Merrion Square at 2pm.

This will be a historical event not to be missed. Line the streets or march
with us from Merrion Square to O'Connell Street, where there will be music,
poetry and dance. read full story / add a comment

1916 Centenary Celebrations Night read full story / add a comment

Volunteer John Joe Kavanagh Commemoration read full story / add a comment

The 100th Easter 1916 Commemoration took place in St. Finbarrs Cemetery on Sunday 27th March. read full story / add a comment