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Defenders of drones point out their accuracy, but a real-life example is given in Phoenix. A painter friend of one of the dancers was carrying a tube with a rolled-up canvas, but was mistaken for a soldier and killed by a drone
Phoenix: art and politics rise up in ‘dance of resistance’
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  • May 11, 2019, 05:00

Drones are both harmless toys and deadly weapons. In Phoenix, French choreographer Éric Mihn Cuong Castaing brings these two extremes into the theatre(...)

US president Woodrow Wilson: he ordered General John J “Black Jack” Pershing to “pursue and disperse” the bandits
Cork St Patrick’s Day Committee rejects offer from military authorities to send 6,000 troops to its parade

March 9th, 1916 The Cork St Patrick’s Day Committee, consisting of representatives from various societies, rejects an offer from the military authori(...)

Members of the Fingal Old IRA Commemorative Society re-enacting the Battle of Ashbourne at the launch of the Fingal 2016 Centenary Programme in Swords County Hall last month
1916 Diary, February 26th

February 26th, 1916 A disgruntled “observer” of Dublin student life has penned a caustic letter to The Irish Times noting the contrast between the n(...)

Road Test: Poor performance leads DS 5 into a cul-de-sac

It seems mildly odd to me that the French have never enjoyed a truly great reputation for engineering prowess. Any image of rigorous quality and atte(...)

President Higgins honouring 1916 leaders at Arbour Hilllast month. He will visit Liege in August. Photograph; Dara Mac Dónaill Donaill / The Irish Times
President Higgins to attend first World War commemoration in Liège

President Michael D Higgins is to attend the first major multinational commemoration event marking the outbreak of the first World War on August 4th (...)