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Can the Economy be Irish?
Money & Business

Can the Economy be Irish?

...English lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, said that narrative is the superior form of knowledge, whilst the German philosopher, Hegel, stated that knowledge proceeds through conversation. Yet in the face of the impact of Brexit on the whole of Ireland as the only story in town, does economics lack these two basic elements to create knowledge? Part of the answer lies in the...
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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...English phenomenon, given that the Celtic nations (if that is what they are) voted to remain in the European Union (EU) in the Referendum, in the UK, last year. The exception is Wales that narrowly voted to leave. If a hard Brexit occurs and there is no special deal for Northern Ireland in respect of its close ties to the Republic of Ireland (ROI), why should the Celtic...
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Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options
Money & Business

Post-Brexit, some banks consider their options

...English as the main language, same time zone as London, low corporate tax rate. Plus more than half of the world's leading financial services firms already have subsidiaries in Dublin, according to the city's International Financial Services Centre. Paris is also in the running, but labor laws that make it harder to hire and fire have been a longstanding deterrent for...
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Telegram brief history. Stop
Digital & Computing

Telegram brief history. Stop

...English Dictionary defines the telegraph as 'an apparatus for transmitting messages to a distance, usually by signs of some kind'. As this definition suggests, telegraphy goes beyond the transmission of written text to encompass other forms of non-verbal signalling. It is therefore something which predates the electrical telegraph with which we associate telegrams....
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How do children learn the concept of race?
Education & Development

How do children learn the concept of race?

...everyday interactions and early on, children display favouritism towards those who share the same or similar social identities. In-group bias means favouring people who look like us or who are like us in other ways, showing in-group rather than out-group preferences. Can we argue then that white children showing a preference towards children of their own race is merely an...
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Football culture: the use of banners
Health, Sports & Psychology

Football culture: the use of banners

...English, we are Scouse.'] In a discussion broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2012, Richard Holt, Tony Collins and Mike Cronin, who are all professors and historians of sport, made a strong case that the history of sport and the social and cultural importance of sport deserve study, just as much as, for instance, the history of religion. Cronin argues that sport is: the third...
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Reparations for slavery in Barbados
Education & Development

Reparations for slavery in Barbados

...English discovery of Barbados occurred in 1625 and it was settled in 1627. I use ‘discover’ in the context of England discovering the island, as opposed to it being discovered as an island. Despite evidence of indigenous populations having been present in Barbados in the past, including Caribs and Arawaks, a visit by the Portuguese in 1536 confirmed the island...
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Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator
Languages

Inside the mind of a simultaneous translator

...English sentences into Spanish. [Simultaneous translators at the International Transport Forum’s 2015 Summit on “Transport, Trade and Tourism” in Leipzig, Germany on 27 May 2015.] Simultaneous translators at the International Transport Forum%u2019s 2015 Summit on %u201CTransport, Trade and Tourism%u201D in Leipzig, Germany on 27 May 2015. Let’s unpick what she did...
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