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MORE THAN 1,550 heritage events are taking place around the country over the next six days with a view to protect and enhance the richness, quality and diversity of Ireland’s national heritage.
National Heritage Week is providing an exciting look at Irish culture, and will see everything from archaeology, traditional skills, and historical re-enactments explored – and heritage properties not usually open to the public unlocked.
More than 600,000 people are expected to take part in the festival and most of the events are free. A list of events can be checked by location and category through the free iPhone / Android Heritage Week Event App or through heritageweek.ie.
Check out some of the highlights for today…
Outhouse Tour and Historical Talk, Dublin – (No public access normally)
21st August 15.00 – 18.00 (Free)
Outhouse LGBT Community Resource Centre is based in an eighteenth century house located at the northern end of Capel Street; they are hosting an open house from 3 – 6 with a talk about the history of the building. Address: 105 Capel St. Dublin 1.
Guided Historical Tour Of Dromana House, Waterford
18th – 26th August 14.00 – 18.00 (€5 House, €5 Gardens, €3.50 Concession for both)
Dromana House is perched on a rocky outcrop overlooking the strikingly beautiful, unspoilt river Blackwater. Surrounded by a 600 acre privately-owned estate with numerous woodland and garden walks, it boasts several interesting historic follies throughout the grounds including an ancient outer fortification, boathouse and slipway down to the river. The property has been lovingly maintained by its owners, whose family have lived on this location since 1200, the present owner being the 21st generation. Address: Dromana House & Gardens, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.
Titanic Exhibition & Walking Tour, Limerick
This Titanic exhibition showcases a collection of artifacts relating to the Titanic over three floors. The tour also includes a walk around Desmond Castle and the Franciscan Friary. Address The Quay, Askeaton, Co Limerick.
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How about they post details of how much money donated actually reaches the victims before they go blaming the donors. Food supplies entering black Market, stealing, local corruption, lack of accountability? Don’t blame me if you want to get another donation, you are a professional charity, it’s your failure to communicate and react to the situation.
Economic issues matter more than human life. It is a shame that famine gets ignored because there is an over abundance of food in this world and yet we can’t share it. The idea that governments running these country’s that are famine hit are keeping funding and food supplies is also sickening. Something needs to be done but if governments stop aid from getting to the people that need it, then UN should be the ones policing this yet they seem to be unresponsive as they do not want conflict even though it means saving lives.
“I want proof”, in another words “I know well its happening, I just want to relieve myself of the guilt of it by pretending I think its not happening”
Foreign aid is killing Africa, a number of African economists have written about it. The West is failing to grasp that the intuitive thing to do doesn’t always solve a problem.
2012…and this is still happening,all the charities are doing thier best but still not enough…were do we go from here…is heartbreaking to see a human like this…
A lot of this is due in no small part to the IMF, this is the style their help comes in. Too many of the African countries that received or were put in a position to accept such loans had to face severe austerity or hand over rights to mineral or other national resources to the IMF and global corporations. Slowly stripping these countries with even the means to finance the ability to repay its loans.
Sounds familiar today doesn’t it?
The value of human life is shocking. They shipped my cousin with an automatic weapon on his back to Afghanistan in a heart beat (unfortunately he was happy to go) but mobilize to help starving children. use a super power to cut out the corruption, the back handers and get the food directly to those who need it and help them actually build their country properly…………not today pal. John Pilger made a great documentary in which he stated that in the 85-86 after live aid Africa gave more cash to the west than we gave them. I think bono would have more success for his cause if he organised mass protests in front of world bank and IMF head quarters instead of throwing a gig.
incredible that the wikipedia story gets more views than this
@ Harry I agree but I think people bury their head in the sand when it comes to these types of stories and particularly with that heart wrenching picture of the (probably now deceased) child. Its just mind boggling how one half of the world is up to its eyeballs in an obesity epidemic but these poor people are left to waste and die.
The western governments, huge private companies (is there a difference?) and the animals the west uses to control and rape these countries of there natural resources are completely responsible.
I am so sorry but I can not read this or look at the pictures .Too horrific . I can donate to charities …. Was it lways so bad through the decades and centuries in these places ?? Or is this an historically recent phenonomon ? I am sorry if I am displaying ignorance,I do not want to offend anyone.
Charities really just don’t cut it when it comes to issues on this scale, yet the members of the government don’t need to worry about someone dying if it’s not in their family.
It also doesn’t help that there are 10 different charities with the same goal. Can’t see why they don’t just amalgamate into one, would save costs on admin and other stuff too.
How the western nations attempts at a painfree solution to the crisis of their own making is crippling developing nations.
http://economichorizon.blogspot.com/2010/11/sound-dollar.html
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