BY TONY CANAVAN Don’t mention the war, massacres or mutiny The British government is having problems with its advisory board on commemorating the First World War. Some members of the board believe that the centenary commemorations should be extended to mark other centenaries. The group, set up under David Cameron, advised on four years … Read more
BY AODHÁN CREALEY JULY 02/1900 Thomas Farrell (73), sculptor, died. A forgotten man nowadays, Farrell’s works include statues of Archbishops Murray and Cullen in Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral, Archbishop Richard Whately and coastguard hero John McNeill Boyd in St Patrick’s Cathedral, William Dargan outside the National Gallery, and no less than two statues on O’Connell Street—Sir John … Read more
When France’s ‘Long Fella’ found his roots. By Sylvie Kleinman On 18 June 1969, 29 years after his 1940 call from London appealing to Frenchmen to refuse defeat and resist the enemy, General Charles de Gaulle for once was not at the Mont Valérien outside Paris, France’s supreme site of commemoration of the dead of … Read more
By Felix M. Larkin In connection with the recent purchase of Independent News & Media (INM) by Mediahuis, the chairman of INM, Mr Murdoch MacLennan, was quoted as saying that the Independent had ‘a proud and illustrious history stretching back to the start of the twentieth century’. In fact, the origin of the newspaper lies … Read more