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A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West
OpenLearn Ireland

A changing uniqueness – The changing ‘place’ of the West

...articles in this collection . Social decline in the West of Ireland was not, however, just a local or regional problem. It was a national political issue. Although peripheral to modern social and economic development, the West was of central importance in the realm of Irish politics as the repository of cultural survival and rural ideals which were fundamental to Irish...
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Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015
OpenLearn Ireland

Southwest Donegal: uniqueness and interdependence in 2015

...articles in this collection . [Signpost to Glencolmcille in English and Irish Gaelic] Signpost linking Glencolmcille to the Wild Atlantic Way (blue wave symbol) In 2015, the Slieve League Peninsula, like Killala in Northeast Mayo, is part of the Wild Atlantic Way, the tourist route along the South and West coast of Ireland. For this part of the route, tourists are...
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back
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The future of rural Ireland - nuances, scale and fighting back

...articles in this collection . With regard to the future of rural Ireland, the issue is more nuanced than most of the headlines suggest. Not all rural areas are the same – their problems differ, so too do the solutions. This is demonstrated in the course materials which illustrate how uniqueness is constantly made and remade as different layers interact. This uniqueness...
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Belfast murals
History & The Arts

Belfast murals

...article was written in 1998. Why not try our more recent article on Murals in Belfast? [Mural in Belfast] Sandy Row, South Belfast The tradition of murals in Belfast began in the Protestant Loyalist community at the turn of the century. [A King Billy mural] The first was of William of Orange ("King Billy"), painted in 1908, celebrating his defeat of the Catholic King...
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Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time
Science, Maths & Technology

Astronomers think they’ve just spotted an ‘invisible’ black hole for the first time

...et al. There are many rogue black holes that are drifting through space without interacting with anything, however – making them hard to detect. That’s a problem, because if we can’t detect isolated black holes, then we can’t learn about how they formed and about the deaths of the stars they came from. New, dark horizons To discover such an invisible black hole,...
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Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots
Education & Development

Learning with braille – more than just joining the dots

...et al., 2006 - see References below for more information). Ultimately, however, the decline is probably ascribable to technological advances in audio and digital technology that provide an alternative way to access text. What is the future of braille? It might be thought that the advent of readily available audiobooks and speech recognition software has made braille...
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‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS
Society, Politics & Law

‘A little bit of kindness’: migrant nurses in the Scottish NHS

...article explores racism towards migrant workers in the Scottish NHS and one nurse's stand against the exploitation they experienced. ...Find out more about The Open University's History and Social Sciences qualifications. Background From its inception in 1948 the National Health Service (NHS) has been dependent on migrant labour. Following an NHS recruitment drive in...
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Homage to Celtalonia
Society, Politics & Law

Homage to Celtalonia

...et Consignations in France linked to European Investment Bank (EIB) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); Membership of the European Union and eventually Eurozone, in the event of the latter functioning as an Optimal Currency Area (OCA) as art of EU-wide economic reforms that end the institutionalization of austerity. The list could go on to cover a...
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