‘principle of precedent is easy to state‚ but is difficult to apply in practice’ • The issue: after a not guilty verdict (acquittal) in the District Court‚ could an appeal could be brought to the Circuit Court by the prosecution as provided for in S. 310 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959? • The relevant precedent: The People (DPP) v O’Shea [1982]. • 3-2 majority of the SC: an appeal against an acquittal lies to the Supreme Court from the Central Criminal Court. • Two members of the
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Cathleen Ni Houlihan: Irish Nationalism In the early 1900s Ireland was conflicted with war. During this time period Yeats and Gregory wrote Cathleen Ni Houlihan‚ to send a message to the Irish people about serving one’s country. In his play Cathleen Ni Houlihan‚ Michael understands through Cathleen‚ a symbol of Ireland‚ the importance of sacrificing worldly needs in order to protect the motherland‚ and rises to become a hero. Yeats also shows that only devout devotion to one’s country
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Cahill’s How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill opens his story describing Rome’s fall‚ "For as the Roman Empire fell‚ as all through Europe matted‚ unwashed barbarians descended on the Roman cities‚ looting artifacts and burning books‚ the Irish who were just learning to read and write‚ took up the just labor of copying all of western literature - everything they could get their hands on. These scribes then served as conduits through which Greco-Roman and Judeo-Christian cultures
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After the “Great Famine” in 1845 many of the Irish people‚ mostly women‚ migrate to the U.S. in search of a better and more secure life. However‚ there are many other reasons why Irish women migrate to the U.S. besides being forced to move because of the famine. Most women move to the U.S. in order to find a well-paying job such as; working in textile factories‚ working a trade such as sewing or knitting‚ or doing domestic work. The Irish women that migrate to the U.S. help provide financial support
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whether her philosophy is religious or not. -She discusses how some believe religion really must be “breathed in” during childhood (taught to children by their parents); otherwise‚ adults may feel they are just faking it—but‚ Murdoch notes‚ those who are religious when younger will have a hard time giving it up as adults. pg. 733‚ para 2: Virtue (doing right) is the most obvious connection between morality and religion. -Seeking virtue has lost popularity‚ and some are suspicious that it’s self-indulgent
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The Irish Potato Famine was a great famine that took place in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. The famine was caused by a potato disease‚ also called a potato blight. This was a huge problem especially considering that much of Ireland’s population was heavily reliant on potato crops. The famine itself killed around one million people. The question of genocide comes in when the British are taken into account. Ireland was dependent to Britain‚ much like how today countries like Puerto Rico are dependent
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christianization‚ of Ireland and Irish reactionary resistance. The conquests of Ireland spanned from the first with the Tudor conquest of the 1530s to the second conquest in 1641 to the third conquest in 1690 in which Britain took full control over Ireland. With the suppression of yet another Irish uprising against British rule in 1798‚ Great Britain declared the Act of Union of 1801‚ thereby incorporating Ireland into the United Kingdom. The act was met with opposition from Irish nationalists and the independent
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The Irish road to independence was much unlike any other‚ it lasted the course of hundreds of years with innumerous failed revolts and uprisings. To begin‚ Ireland came under the rule of England after the Norman Invasion of Ireland in 1171 AD. In 1171 AD Henry II of England landed in Ireland when news reached him that Dermot Mac Murragh had gained control of Dublin‚ and intended to become king. King Henry II had Dermot swear fealty to himself and become a vassal to the king‚ and so gained control
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Irish Literature and Rebellion In the heart of every Irishman hides a poet‚ burning with nationalistic passion for his beloved Emerald Isle. It is this same passion‚ which for centuries‚ Great Britain has attempted to snuff out of the Catholics of Ireland with tyrannical policies and the hegemony of the Protestant religion. Catholics were treated like second-class citizens in their native home. Centuries of oppression churned in the hearts of the Irish and came to a boil in the writings and
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he noticed people eyeing him strangely and signs saying “No Irish Need Apply.” The only type of jobs he could work at were the low-paying ones. But he was desperate‚ so he took them. The workplace looked filthy and dangerous. John wondered if he
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