The West's Awake
by Cormac MacConnellCormac is a novelist, journalist and columnist. "The West's Awake" is a big hit with Irish Voice readers.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 08:54 AM
These mighty old weekly newspapers never forgot the power of their grass roots. Here dwelt those who bought the paper and advertised in it and got their world view from it. Nobody did that better than The Western People.
I bet there is a paragraph in the Ballina notes section from a half-century and more ago recording the birth of infant Enda Kenny. And the photo archive probably includes shots of Enda at eight years old playing juvenile football or winning a school sports race. Or maybe losing it!
The new name for the Irish Republic? - Great Ireland!
That is the hallmark of Great Ireland, and the sooner the name becomes official the better. What do you think?
On the lighter side - Mitt Romney and Barack Obama go head to head as Ireland gears up for a doomsday budget
And they say it is only a game!
