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Mick O’Reilly, Special to Weekend Review

Articles from the author

The battle for Britain’s squirrels

Native red species struggling to survive against the grey one imported from North America
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The nation’s native red squirrels are struggling to hold on to their last redoubts of natural forest against a stronger and more populous grey squirrel imported from North America

Spain’s vanishing rural population

Young people and families in the nation are deserting farms, villages and small towns
8m read
For more than 30 years, Juan Martin Colomer and his wife Sinforosa Sancho have lived alone in the Spanish village of La Estrella

Images from the frontlines in Northern Ireland

A documentary about men who became war photographers on the streets of their own towns
7m read
Sinn Fein activist Martin McGuinness with an IRA honour guard at the funeral of IRA terrorist Brendan Burns

Bluebird is coming home

Nearly 52 years on, the recovered and rebuilt boat is set to complete its fateful journey
6m read
Campbell With the Bluebird K7 on Lake Ullswater

Dealing with the rise of knife crime in London

As stabbing incidents increase, authorities mull plans to address this epidemic of crime
7m read
REUTERS

Ireland’s forgotten children

Nearly 800 died in the care of a Catholic-run institution in Tuam from 1925 to 1961
7m read
A shrine built to honour the children who were interred at St Mary’s Mother and Baby Home

Ireland bracing for the Brexit storm

In four weeks, Brexit will be a reality with or without a deal between the UK and the EU
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Ireland bracing for the Brexit storm

Tracing the outlines of a Basque homeland

After laying down arms, the Basque rebels are now turning to a political solution
5m read
People join hands to form a 202 km long, according to organisers, human chain linking the cities of San Sebastian, Vitoria and Bilbao to call for a right to vote on Basque independence, near Vitoria, Spain

The serial killer next door

Toronto typifies the essence of Canada — mostly crime free. That image is now shattered
6m read
AP

UK councils are going bust

A decade of funding shortfalls has meant that local governments are almost bankrupt
5m read
Thousands on demonstration protesting the Tory governments on going austerity cuts. -

A makeover for Britain’s Palace of Westminster

Restoration of one of the most iconic buildings in the UK is a rare challenge
6m read
Palace of Westminster
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