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DUBLIN’S NEWEST LIFFEY Bridge will officially open to the public at 6am tomorrow morning.
The new structure links Marlborough St on the northside with Hawkins Street on the south bank — and will handle the new southbound cross city LUAS line once that project’s completed.
For the moment, it’s open to buses, taxis and cyclists. There’s also a footpath for pedestrians.
The bridge is the 24th crossing of the Liffey, and the first to be named after a woman.
Hackett was a trade unionist and member of the Irish Citizen Army who took part in the 1916 Rising.
Her name was chosen from a shortlist by Dublin councillors at a meeting last year. Those campaigning for it to be used argued that Hackett’s role – like that of many women involved in activism in the early 20th century – had been largely erased from history.
It’s the first new bridge over the Liffey since the Samuel Beckett Bridge in the Docklands was opened in 2009 and cost around €13.5 million, funded by the National Transport Authority.
Speaking at the launch today, Transport Minister Leo Varadkar spoke strongly about Hackett’s role in Irish history.
Beginning his speech, he noted that the 1916 Proclamation”begins with words that were radical for its time: Irishmen and Irishwomen”.
“Unfortunately, in the years after the winning of Irish freedom, we did not always remember that it had been a shared endeavour,” he continued.
“Oftentimes women were airbrushed out of our history, sometimes literally so. Elizabeth O’Farrell was just one of the many women who played a vital part in the GPO and around Dublin during Easter Week.
“She worked as a nurse and a courier, and delivered ammunition from the GPO to the garrison in the College of Surgeons by hiding it under her clothes.
“There is a famous photograph of Elizabeth O’Farrell on that day, accompanying Pearse to surrender officially in Moore Street. It is famous because you can only see her feet, the rest of her was left out. She had been removed from Irish history.
“In the movie ‘Michael Collins’ her role is played by a man.
History is rewritten all the time, but this rewriting was a particularly cruel betrayal of the very principles of the Rising. The airbrushing of women out of our history.
“The same happened to Rosie Hackett, union leader, organiser, printer nurse, prisoner, fighter and founding member of the Irish Citizens Army.”
He praised Dublin City Council for sending out the “strong statement” today.
“It is a recognition that we for too long have forgotten our own history. For too long we have accepted a lopsided account of our past, and the Irishwomen who worked heroically with Irishmen to create a new future.
“Rosanna Hackett was just one of many women who played a crucial part in our history. But by honouring her, we honour all those who have been unjustly forgotten.
“Now whenever people cross this bridge they will be reminded of who Rosie Hackett was and what she did.
“Tourists and visitors to the city will Google her name, and discover the part she played in winning Irish freedom. They will hear about her courage, and her example. Curious children will read about her life, and be inspired to go off and read more about her, and the other men and women of that period.”
Additional reporting by Sinéad O’Carroll
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Really? Genes? That’s the factor? It has nothing to do with the sextualisation of everything from ice cream to toothpaste and celebrity sex symbols?
I was waring a pair of Levi’s
During?! Ouch, those zippers are sharp!
How is ice cream or toothpaste sexualised? I mean, sex sells and women are the largest consumers of items that use that to their advantage.
5 cans of Dutch gold more like it
Well there is a surprise! And these people get paid for the obvious? Yet another dumb stupid study. I think I’ll look for funding to connect pimples to cancer, heart diseases, homophobic tendencies and why more fat people like mc fat boy friers!
New study finds that tight genes on the ladies is also highly correlated with sexual advances.
When i was younger i had a pair of Levis Jeans …….always got me hole when i had them on ……ah those were the days !!
501s?
You’d have enjoyed it more if you took them off
Tbh this is one study I don’t believe ‘to be in the genes’.
There are many reasons one might lose their virginity at a younger age.
Curiosity / experimentation
Sexual abuse
Neglect – not being loved at home so looks for love / care / attention elsewhere.
Coercion / blackmail
Strong feelings for someone / love
It’s more of the persons upbringing / environment / emotional well being than genes.
3 of the 5 mentioned above would also result in poor physical and mental health and probably poor school performance.
If you read the article as well as the headline, you’ll see that it says that genes could be a factor, not the sole determinant. If the science is sound it doesn’t matter what you believe. Pretty big sample size too.
Correlation does not imply causation, the confounding factors are I would say are the main reason. Not genetics.
It was common centuries ago for teens to get married and have kids, due to early deaths.
Also religion played a big part, where it was a mortal sin to have sex before marriage.
Now everything is sexualised.
Religion is failing fast.
Wide availability of pornographic material.
Our complete environment has changed, more so in the last 30 years than ever before.
The 1880s was a completely different world.
Lily, do you think the scientists who peer review articles for Nature Genetics don’t understand how confounding factors work? The journal Nature is literally the industry leader. Having a paper published there can make a scientist’s career. I don’t think you’re going to debunk a paper published in Nature by reading an news article. The fact that you believe you can just shows that you have no idea how science works.
You’re not as unique as you’d like to believe. Given similar circumstances I.e. Controls, you’d be a type. You would be typical.
Keeping your jeans up and zipped up can save your virginity .
Not if someone someone pulls the jeans off
That’s right I suppose. Depends on how quick you can get the genes off!!!
Without leaving a stain on them…
Really interesting
How would genes know who had sex or a hand job or has watching so much porn had its effect on the genes as well?
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