Cuba in 2013 - Gladys Ayllon updates outdated perceptions.
Gladys Ayllon of I.C.A.P stopped off in Ireland, on her way home to Cuba, following a conference in Scandanavia. Michael FitzGerald of Dublin City-fm, caught up with her and asked about the realities of life in modern Cuba.
She describes a nation characterised by images of bearded cigar smoking revolutionaries to be outmoded and inaccurate. Instead she asks people to see a post Soviet Cuba as a Latin America country seeking to consolidate the gains of the revolution. She describes the collapse of the Soviet Union as a wake-up call to Cuba and in its wake has emerged a more innovative and efficient economy. Gladys tells of a national pride in achieving these gains without compromising their core values of solidarity and equality.
She postulates a post Castro as not being significantly different from the strategies and standards that currently prevail. She describes a Cuba that will have space for religion, individual enterprise, personal enterprise and liberties, all with a Cuban Socialist face.
Gladys concedes that for many of these realistic objectives to be achieved, a lifting of the 50 year old blockade of Cuba by the US is essential.
Note: Apologies for the less than ideal sound quality.
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Plebiscite on Directly Elected Mayors for Cork, Limerick & Waterford
On the 24th of May the people of Cork City, Limerick and Waterford will have a plebiscite to decide if they want to have a directly elected mayor for their city.
The directly elected mayor will hold office for five years and serve a maximum of two terms. They would be responsible for a significant amount of the executive functions currently held by the city and county chief executives.
Under the Government's proposals, these new mayors would receive a salary of about €130,000 a year given the extended executive powers and responsibilities, and can also appoint two advisers.
The cost of running each office of a directly-elected mayor could be between €313,000 and €450,000 annually.
Speaking in Cork last month, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said a directly elected mayor would be good for Cork city specifically because of the government's ambitions for it over the next 20-years.
We want Cork to develop to become a real competitor and counterbalance to Dublin, he said.
We want the city to have its population increase by 50% by 2040 and to get that right we need all the investment in transport infrastructure and housing that are needed and having a person with a real mandate, with real status to drive that forward means it’s going to happen. And much more likely to happen.
Once again the political parties are all in unison on this issue. Yet another good reason to vote No.
Directly elected mayors will give cities extra clout in govt funding, says Varadkar
Campaign for vote on directly elected mayors launched
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Cork, Ireland - Travel Around The World | Top best places to visit in Cork
Top best places to visit in Cork, Ireland
Cork, the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, lies in the south of the country.
In reference to the city’s role during the Irish Civil War Corkonians often refer to the city as “The Real Capital”.
The center of the city forms an island between two channels of the River Lee.
There are about thirty bridges over the North and South channels.
On the banks of the river is the National Monument.
On the island are located also many important buildings, such as:
The Courthouse.
The Holy Trinity Friary, a Roman Catholic church affiliated with the Capuchin.
The Triskel Arts Centre, an 18th century Church turned into the Center for Contemporary Arts.
The Opera House which has always housed performances of all types and the Crawford Art Gallery a museum dedicated to the visual arts.
And finally the City Museum, which is mainly focused on the history and archeology of the Cork.
Adjacent to the museum Fitzgerald’s Park is a perfect place for a walk and a rest.
There are important landmarks outside the main island as well, such as:
The City Hall, the administrative headquarters of Cork.
The magnificent St Finbarr’s Cathedral, a fine 19th century neo-Gothic church.
The central bell tower of the Red Abbey, one of the last remaining visible structures of Cork.
And the castle-like City Gaol, a restored 19th century former prison, which is now a museum.
Everybody can enjoy the variety of architecture at the University College Cork being open to the public.
A great example of modernist style is within the grounds of University, the Lewis Glucksman Gallery.
Having been active military and police barracks for more than 400 years, the Elizabeth Fort was a 17th-century defensive fortification on high-ground.
From there you can enjoy the beautiful view of the city.
Another good place to see the city from high up is from St Anne’s Church, which is on the other side of town.
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fitzgerald's park on a autumn day
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Blackrock Castle, Cork
The iconic Blackrock Castle on the banks of the River Lee, Cork. © AirCam Ireland. aircamireland.ie
view from shandon bells county cork
view from shandon bells.
Best view of city but you need nerves of steel as it is very windy. new camrea getting used to it so not my best filming.
info about tower:
The name Shandon is a corruption of the Irish words Sean Dún, which literally mean the Old Fort.
The church of St Anne, Shandon was build in the year 1722, although there has been a church on this site since at least the 12th Century.
The bells were a gift to the Church from Mr Daniel Thresher, and were originally rung in the traditional Full Circle style. It was some time after this Fr. Mahony wrote his poem which made these bells famous.
The bells were recast in 1865 and then in 1906 they were re-hung in a fixed position to reduce vibrations. Since then they have been played as chimes - often by the public!
For a small fee visitors to the tower may :
Climb the tower and view the city of Cork (including St Finbarre's Cathedral)
See the bells in their original frame.
Chime the bells (several tunes are provided)
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Irish Americans | Wikipedia audio article
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Irish Americans
00:00:47 1 Irish immigration to the United States
00:00:58 1.1 17th to mid-19th century
00:05:21 1.1.1 Irish in the South
00:08:46 1.2 Mid-19th century and later
00:11:14 1.2.1 Civil War through early 20th century
00:18:37 1.2.2 Language
00:21:08 1.3 Occupations
00:25:05 1.3.1 Local government
00:26:14 1.3.2 Police
00:27:34 1.3.3 Teachers
00:28:57 1.3.4 Nuns
00:30:13 2 Religion
00:31:24 2.1 Irish Catholic and Irish Protestant relations
00:35:11 2.2 Catholics
00:40:46 2.3 Protestants
00:41:49 2.3.1 Presbyterians
00:44:58 2.3.2 Methodists
00:45:54 3 Discrimination
00:48:37 3.1 Stereotypes
00:52:06 4 Sense of heritage
00:54:27 4.1 Cities
00:59:19 5 Notable people
00:59:28 5.1 In politics and government
01:03:00 5.2 Political leanings
01:08:52 5.2.1 American presidents with Irish ancestry
01:17:10 5.2.1.1 Vice Presidents of Irish descent
01:17:48 5.2.1.2 Other presidents of Irish descent
01:18:05 5.2.2 Irish-American Justices of the Supreme Court
01:18:41 6 Contributions to American culture
01:24:28 7 Sports
01:25:26 7.1 Baseball
01:27:02 7.2 Gaelic sports
01:27:28 8 Entertainment
01:28:42 9 Irish-American communities
01:29:56 10 See also
01:30:50 11 Notes
01:30:58 12 Other sources
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Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
Learning by listening is a great way to:
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Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics. About 33 million Americans — 10.5% of the total population — reported Irish ancestry in the 2013 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. This compares with a population of 6.7 million on the island of Ireland. Three million people separately identified as Scotch-Irish, whose ancestors were Ulster Scots and Anglo-Irish Protestant Dissenters who emigrated from Ireland to the United States. However, whether the Scotch-Irish should be considered Irish is disputed.
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The Art and Literature of the Great War
David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art.
The First World War, known as the Great War, was also the first modern war, claiming millions of lives, in part, by newly invented weapons such as the machine gun, tank, aircraft, and poison gas. The arts of the period present a portrait of the terrible price paid by humanity—the carnage and suffering caused by the war were documented in paintings, sculptures, novels, memoirs, and poems produced both during, and immediately after, the struggle. In this presentation on March 27, 2019, senior lecturer David Gariff explores the responses of artists and writers to the trauma of the First World War, which transcended national boundaries. Paintings, sculptures, and prints by Otto Dix, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Käthe Kollwitz, Fernand Léger, John Singer Sargent, and Natalija Goncharova; poems by Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, and Anna Akhmatova; and memoirs and novels by Ernest Hemingway, Erich Maria Remarque, and Robert Graves are discussed against the backdrop of “the war to end all wars.”
Cork (city)
Cork (Irish: Corcaigh, pronounced [ˈkoɾkɪɟ], from corcach, meaning marsh) is a city in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and in the province of Munster. With a population of 119,230, it is the second largest city in the state and the third most populous on the island of Ireland.
The city is built on the River Lee which divides into two channels at the western end of the city. The city centre is located on the island created by the channels. At the eastern end of the city centre where the channels re-converge, quays and docks along the river banks lead to Lough Mahon and Cork Harbour, which is one of the world's largest natural harbours.
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