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Monday 26 October 2020
Smallville actress Allison Mack pleaded guilty to racketeering last month.
A Birthday Cake for George Washington has raised questions about depictions of slavery.
We’re not making this up.
“I’ve spent the last 40-odd years in this grind, sometimes in one factory, sometimes in another.”
We rank second last on a global index of the prevalence of modern slavery.
What happened to slave owners in Ireland after slavery was abolished? They were handsomely compensated.
John Kerry made a phone call today to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, just hours after it was revealed that eight more girls had been taken.
There are fears some of the girls were sold as brides for as little as $12.
Is there anything St Patrick CAN’T do?
Extracts from the WPA Slave Narrative Collection.
“Without water a person dies in a few days during a hunger strike,” said 23-year-old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg said he would never travel Ryanair as it is sued by two former stewards for unfair dismissal.
PETA brought a lawsuit seeking to grant constitutional protection against slavery to a group of orcas in SeaWorld parks, but a judge has halted the case.
The victims were abducted and sold to factory owners, who abused them in Dickensian conditions.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
Winds subsiding with a couple of showers
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Clouds breaking, rain ending; breezy
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Variable clouds, showers around; breezy
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