tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82933239453041595672024-03-05T09:18:05.631+00:00Sheriff from NavanMichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.comBlogger228125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-48946110337367129162016-05-21T12:30:00.001+01:002016-05-22T19:06:00.883+01:00Book Launch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Congratulations to Tom French, a native of Kilkenny, who is well known to Meath people through his work in the local studies department of the Meath Library Service.<br />
He will be launching his fourth collection of poetry titled ' The Way To Work ' on Thursday 26 May next at Navan bookshop Blackbird Books.<br />
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Tom was presented with the O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry at the Centre for Irish Studies of the University of St Thomas in Minneapolis last month. <br />
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' The Way To Work', like his three previous collections ' Touching the Bones', The Fire Step' and Midnightstown', is published by Ireland's leading literary publisher, The Gallery Press based at Loughcrew, Oldcastle. Peter Fallon, Gallery's editor and publisher and an esteemed poet in his own right will launch the book at Blackbird Books , Old Corn Market, Navan at 7.30 pm Thursday 26 May.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-40290419039755755642016-05-19T18:41:00.001+01:002016-05-19T18:56:29.877+01:00FLEADH NA MI<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Fleadh Na Mi 2016 started in Navan on Tuesday 17th May and will continue until Sunday 22nd May. The Navan branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann (CCE) has been working very hard to make this one of the best county fleaths ever with the theme ' You can't beat the feeling '<br />
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Navan is the place to be this week.<br />
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There will be all sorts of entertainment and activities happening all over the town as well as the usual competitions. Chairman of the Navan branch CCE, Paddy Pryle, wished all the competitors a wonderful competition. He said, this is a brand new traditional music festival for Navan.<br />
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The activities started on Tuesday 17 May with the Eve of Fleadh Singers Evening when the singers' Circles of Navan and Trim joined forces in Smyth's of the Bridge public house, Bridge Street, at 9pm for what was a great night of '' songs and stories by the Bridge ''.<br />
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The Fleadh was officially launched, in the Lantern, Watergate Street, at 8pm on Wednesday. There was demonstrations of sean nos, set and ceili dancing by members of Meath's eight CCE branches. The VIP for the evening was Ann Finnegan, President of CCE and a great nights entertainment was enjoyed by all.<br />
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On Thursday night ' The Story of the Foggy Dew ' takes place in the Solstice Arts Centre and Navan Library, Railway Street, at 6.30pm, there will be the 1916 exhibition at the Solstice Arts Centre before the Story and Music of the 1916 Foggy Dew will be told in the library.<br />
A seisiun mor will follow in James Fox's public house, Abbeylands, at 9.30pm, when members of CCE,Navan and friends will present an evening of traditional music and song by the fireside.<br />
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On Friday the fleadh will take over the Fair Green from 10am to 12 noon, where many local musicians and dancers will invite Friday shoppers to partake in a song or a dance beside the ' Rambling Cottage '.<br />
This will be followed by a lunch time tradition session between 1pm and 2pm in the Central Bar and Restaurant, Trimgate Street, with the members of the CCE Navan and friends. Special deals on meals are available for this event at the venue.<br />
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The fleadh competitions will begin on Friday night with set sean nos dances competitions for places in the Leinster Fleadh in St Mary's Community Centre, Trimgate Street,at 8pm.<br />
The evening finishes with a ceili and all will be encouraged to take to the floor.<br />
Amoung the Navan public houses which will feature a traditional session on Friday evening will be The Old Bridge Inn, The Foundry, Ludlow Street, and Teamhrach, Trim Road Navan.<br />
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Saturday 21st May is Family Fun Day at the Fleadh. There will be traditional music on the streets from 2pm to 4pm with prizes being given to the best street performers.<br />
to participate, send applications to Comhaltas Navan through the branch email <a href="mailto:info@comhaltasnavan.com">info@comhaltasnavan.com</a> verifying you are taking part. Intending participants can also register on the day at the Kennedy Road entrance to Navan Shopping Centre at 1.30pm.<br />
The adjudicator will award €150 to the best group, €100 to the second and the next five groups will receive €50.<br />
There will also be live music by the old town wall all afternoon outside Ryan's public house,Trimgate Street.<br />
The Fleadh Family treasure Hunt also takes place between 2pm and 4pm commencing from Mervyn's Yard in the Central Bar and Restaurant, Cornmarket.<br />
Some very old musical instruments belonging to CCE's Navan branch have gone missing and are believed to be hiding around the town. The instruments are called Do, Ra, Mi and Fa and the public will be urged to help find them.<br />
These will be life-size cartoon characters created by Cormac, the good Druid of Tara, after he created music! Entries will be accepted on the day with prizes for the winner.<br />
The Fladh Traditional Mass will take place at 6pm at St Mary's Church on Saturday.<br />
The Fladh Parade and Big Band Competition will take place at 6.30pm, assembling at Leighsbrook Lane, beside the St Joseph's and Trim Road. Following the completion of the accordion band competition, all assembled will gather for a 1916 Fleadh street parade that will take in Railway Street north, Trimgate Street, Market Square, Ludlow Street, Church Hill before finishing on the Fair Green. All clubs and organisations are invited to take part in this once in a century event. Entries should be sent to <a href="mailto:info@comhaltasnavan.com">info@comhaltasnavan.com</a><br />
This will be followed Oiche na Gaelige from 9pm where locals and visitors can enjoy songs, stories and a tune or two in Paddy Fitzsimons's Lounge, Trimgate Street. <br />
There will also be a Fleadh for charity from 9pm with a session in the garden in the Round O, Slane Road, in aid of SOSAD. It will feature local band, Eistigi, and all local musicians who wish to lend a hand to this great cause are welcome.<br />
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Sunday 22 May sees the main competition day in St Joseph's Mercy Secondary School from 10am to 5pm, with entrance only through the Brews Hill Gates. Admission is €5 with children and competitors free.<br />
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Navan public houses that will feature traditional music on Fleadh Sunday will include Fulham's Railway Street, and Beggy's Bar and Lounge, Bridge Street.<br />
The Fleadh Closing Session from 7pm to 9pm will take place at Mervyn's Yard at The Central, hosted by the members and friends CCE Navan. Visitors and visiting musicians will be very welcome.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-73598606257902955802016-04-27T13:17:00.001+01:002016-04-27T13:17:13.489+01:00Remembering the Battle of Ashbourne<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Meath District Council of SIPTU will commemorate the Centenary of the Battle of Ashbourne, with a series of events in Ashbourne and Navan this Saturday 30th April.<br />
The commemoration will begin with a flag-raising event at the SIPTU Dan Shaw Centre in Navan at 3pm. This will be followed by a march, which will include the Irish Citizen Army re-enactment Group, to the local 1916 monument.<br />
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SIPTU general president, Jack O'Connor, will lay a wreath and deliver a keynote address at the 1916 Monument in Ashbourne at 4.15pm.<br />
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The days events will then conclude at the Dan Shaw Centre in Navan with a ceremony to mark the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to the men, women and young people from County Meath who joined the struggle for Irish independence during the revolutionary period.<br />
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Historian, Michael Halpenny, will be a guest speaker at the unveiling ceremony.<br />
SIPTU Meath District Council co-ordinator, John Regan, said: '' This event is part of a very successful wider series of commemorations and events to celebrate the 1916 Rising organised by SIPTU. '' Our union with, its headquarters in Liberty Hall, played a central role in the 1916 Rising. Those involved in the Battle of Ashbourne on the rebel side were members of the 5th Battalion of the Irish Volunteers and were, in the main, working men, so its very fitting that SIPTU is taking the lead in commemorating this event on the exact date of its centenary.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-13822681926949643062016-04-17T13:48:00.002+01:002016-04-18T14:10:38.780+01:00Paul Sheils Trip to Iceland <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-58715393755018237462016-04-17T13:41:00.001+01:002016-04-17T13:41:07.756+01:00PART 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-55250983272810596752016-04-17T13:32:00.002+01:002016-04-17T13:38:26.773+01:00PART 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-13498890531406593102016-04-17T13:30:00.005+01:002016-04-17T17:22:57.398+01:00PART 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-51475613837917505402016-04-14T10:13:00.001+01:002016-04-23T10:26:11.224+01:00Dawn of a Nation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
When The Dawn is Come, an exhibition presented by Solstice and Meath County Council Library Service as part of Meath County Council's Centenary Programme 2016, opens this Thursday at 7.30pm in the Solstice Arts Centre, Railway St, Navan beside the Library . The exhibition will be launched by writer Carlo Gebler.<br />
The exhibition includes marching banners of a Meath branch of the Irish National Volunteers. the Navan branch of Irish National Foresters, the Navan branch of the Gaelic League, photographs of Meath Volunteers, official council minutes, and artefacts from Oldcastle Civilian Internment Camp ( 1914-1918 ). This is the first time these artefacts have been shown together and they provide an insight into the revolutionary period in the County. The exhibition runs until 4th June.<br />
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Source, the Meath Chronicle. </div>
MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-51807690616639029072016-04-11T10:04:00.001+01:002016-04-11T10:54:13.090+01:00The Willis Clan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Willis Clan, is a family of 12 siblings ranging in age from 21 to 3 years. They are amazing: musicians, dancers, athletes, writers and artists. Living near Nashville Tennessee, they merge their Irish roots with other music and dance genres to create a unique blend of the old and new.<br />
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Thanks to you tube. Enjoy.</div>
MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-67172538763156637502016-03-27T10:43:00.001+01:002016-04-23T10:29:59.680+01:00I Thank You For My Tomorrows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Meath Writers' Circle is launching a book of poetry and prose on Thursday 3rd March in the Trim Castle Hotel at 8pm. The book will mark the Centenary of the 1916 Rising and it also has material which covers the period 1914 to the present day.<br />
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There will be a mixture of: music, poetry and song on the night. Price of book €10.<br />
Cover photo of the book pictured above is of Cuchulainn and Ferdia, Ardee Co. Louth and is by the Kells Artist and Sculptor, Ann Meldon Hugh.</div>
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-32036504776846559042015-09-04T13:53:00.001+01:002015-09-04T13:54:34.877+01:00Taiga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi folks, Paul returned from his solo trip of the Taiga Forest of Northern Finland on Wednesday 2nd October. Click on Facebook link at right top of this page for more information.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-24595893626093123852015-08-24T14:22:00.000+01:002015-09-23T18:00:08.067+01:00Interview<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I was interviewed by James Linnane on Friday 21 August 2015. <br />
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For interview click on link for James Linnane Bookchat Corner on right of this page. When you get there scroll down his page until you come to Linnpods for Friday 21 August 2015..<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-19932493505780397092015-08-15T15:12:00.000+01:002015-08-15T15:17:15.909+01:00Another side to Paul<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-59117694001620942452015-08-10T20:49:00.000+01:002016-04-21T19:33:14.597+01:00Paul Sheils Adventurer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My son Paul is heading off on a solo trip of the Taiga Forests of Northern Finland on the 18th August.<br />
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For more information and to see some of the equipment he'll be bringing with him, click Facebook link on top right of this page. Enjoy/ <br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-22975837976876422232015-07-19T10:24:00.002+01:002015-07-19T10:47:02.758+01:00ENGLISH FARE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi folks, I have been off radar for quite some time now but still in the land of the living TG.<br />
I have been preparing myself for a future battle something I would like to speak about but can't just yet. In the mean time heres a link to the magazine ' English Fair ' my son Austin lives in Poland, he was interviewed in the fourth issue of the magazine. For interview <a href="http://redakcja.mam.media.pl/paper/preview/english-fair/15/5/4/">CLICK HERE</a>.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-17786527368835347562015-05-10T10:34:00.001+01:002015-05-15T17:50:24.431+01:00My Beautiful Rose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Eddie Who ' Smyth ' from Navan died suddenly at Wexford General Hospital on Thursday 7th May 2015. Reposing at James Fox's, Funeral Home, Abbeylands Navan Sunday 10th May from 3pm with removal at 6.20pm to St Mary's Church Navan arriving for 7pm. Funeral Mass on Monday at 10am St Mary's Church Navan. <br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-74700922733973215262015-01-20T11:59:00.000+00:002015-04-26T10:53:15.615+01:00BEST OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FILM 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi folks, I've been in hiding for for quite some time now but have decided to come out to ask as many as possible to vote for my son Paul.<br />
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Outsider Magazine has a poll running on Face Book at the moment. There are 54 people in the competition and three separate categories.<br />
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1 Best OUTDOOR EVENT OF THE YEAR 2014<br />
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2 ESCAPE OF THE YEAR 2014 BEST OUTSIDE DESTINATION OR PROVIDER<br />
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3 BEST OUTDOOR ADVENTURE FILM. <br />
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Paul is in category 3.<br />
In August 2014 he travelled to Iceland where he trekked across the interior wilderness alone and unsupported filming his progress as he went.. There's a Face Book link on the top right corner of this page if you have a Face Book password click on link and you'll be able to watch the video. Click on Outside Magazines homepage link and you'll find the Poll, please give Paul a vote.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-63933494668134755812014-11-08T18:58:00.001+00:002015-04-26T10:32:33.088+01:00REMEMBRANCE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Looking forward to next Tuesday 11th November when the Navan Writers' Group and the Meath Junior Writers' will host a night of remembrance in Navan Library, for those who fought and died in World War 1.<br />
The event will start at 6pm and will be a night of :poetry, prose, drama and song. A special guest from the recently opened War Museum in Collon will give a presentation on the lives of those who fought or died during the conflict.<br />
John Doyle ' Doyle Photography 'and members of the Meath Arts Group will include a photographic exhibition on the subject.<br />
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All are welcome.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-67700512020320646382014-10-26T12:47:00.000+00:002014-10-26T12:49:44.123+00:00I managed to escape!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was interviewed in September by James Linnane, Peoples Internet Radio 279.<br />
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James has ways and means of making one talk. There was a few technical problems at the start of the interview. I think it's because James introduced the thumbscrew too soon. The first 20 minutes or so were lost but once he disposed of the thumbscrew I recovered sufficiently enough to continue.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-47817859718758902692014-08-04T16:12:00.001+01:002014-08-04T16:16:36.726+01:00I THANK YOU FOR MY TOMORROW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I THANK YOU FOR MY TOMORROW<br />
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The news spread quickly <br />
Far and wide<br />
Another Irish son had died<br />
In the cause of World Freedom<br />
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While at home in the Emerald Isle<br />
Another son had died<br />
On the streets of Dublin<br />
In the cause of Irish Freedom<br />
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Today I honour you both<br />
The Lily and the Poppy<br />
I thank you for the peace I've known<br />
I thank you for my tomorrow.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-40207100397379839292014-06-15T12:46:00.002+01:002014-06-28T10:04:25.789+01:00Paul Sheils Adventurer.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi folks, I've been away on a secret mission for the past six months but can't speak about it yet!.<br />
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My son Paul is heading off to Iceland at the end of the month where he intends trekking 400km solo through the wilderness. He has set up a facebook page on the subject.<br />
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For those of you with a facebook password,click on the facebook link at right of this page for more information.<br />
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Part of my disguise while on my secret mission. Mum's the word. The date on photo is meant to cause confusion.<br />
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MichaelSheilshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390643363794988242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8293323945304159567.post-3532996262593479712013-12-17T17:25:00.002+00:002015-01-02T09:01:50.123+00:00ON SEEING A CAPTION IN A NEWSPAPER<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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( WE ARE SIPTU WELCOME )<br />
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We are SIPTU welcome<br />
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What do they mean by this?<br />
I was part of SIPTU<br />
But I'm not welcome<br />
Why?<br />
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I am no stranger to the unions<br />
Having been a member of<br />
The Wood Workers Union<br />
of Ireland<br />
And also a member of<br />
The POEU<br />
I was also a member of<br />
The ITGWU<br />
Before they became SIPTU<br />
So why am I not welcome <br />
With SIPTU?<br />
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Am I an embarrassment to them?<br />
Do I remind them, that they<br />
Failed in their duty of care<br />
Towards me and my colleagues<br />
The Tara Disabled Mine Workers<br />
And Pensioners Association?<br />
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What do they mean when they speak of <br />
Equality and discrimination <br />
In the workplace?<br />
Christmas 2013 LOCKED OUT!!<br />
This time by the Union!.<br />
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Michael " The Sheriff " Sheils.</div>
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