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This blog contains articles on culture as well as a database of Realist and Social Realist art from around the world by Irish artist Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin. These paintings can be viewed country by country by clicking on the list of countries and themes down the right-hand side of the blog. The artwork of Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin, consisting of cityscapes of Dublin, images based on Irish history and other work with social/political themes, can be seen at www.gaelart.net.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Restoration Work in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin

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Glasnevin Cemetery is probably the most well-known cemetery in Ireland due to the many famous figures in Irish history who are interred t...

Coastal Erosion in Donabate, Dublin, Ireland

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Coastal erosion is a slow process as winter high tides take a few more feet into the sea every year. However, if climate change is not tack...
Saturday, December 15, 2012

Ireland: The Devastating Social Impact of Economic Austerity Measures

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Targeting young families, the elderly and the sick, as the government slashes child benefits, triples prescription charges and rubber-stamps...
Monday, December 3, 2012

Ireland’s Economic Chickens Come Home to Roost

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Since the formation of the Irish State in 1922, financial sources for the maintenance and development of the state as an independent entit...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Ireland’s Booming Economy in the Midst of Austerity and Cutbacks

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Despite the fact that the Irish people are currently enduring endless austerity and cutbacks,  exports are booming . The Irish Exporters As...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

‘Slumdog Millionaire’: An Object Lesson in Resistance

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Modern mega-slums like Kibera (Nairobi) and Cité-Soleil (Port-au-Prince) have achieved densities comparable to cattle feedlots: crowding mor...
Monday, January 31, 2011

‘The Army of Crime’: Immigration and Identity

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Because the truth is, today's immigrants, as they have for generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for t...
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