In June of this year on the birthday of William Butler Yeats I was asked by Sandymount and Merrion Residents’ Association to recite one of Yeats’ poems in Sandymount Green.
I chose “Come Gather Round Me Parnellites” in memory of my late friend Frank Callanan who was a great Parnellite.

Minister Jim O’Callaghan receives Cabinet approval to strengthen Ireland’s counter-terrorism laws with the publication of the
The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan today received cabinet approval to publish the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025 to strengthen Ireland’s counter-terrorism laws. The...
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