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Morning deliveries for the quiet Race Village #vor

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Mural next to the docks #vor

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Map of Galway on bus shelter not even remotely accurate #vor

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View from PUMA il mostro display boat #VOR

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Wind energy display at Volvo Ocean Race, not even connected! #greenwashing #VOR

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Report Details Abuses in Irish Reformatories

I know an Irish guy about my age (32) that went to a regular boys' school and was made to pull his pant legs up, kneel on a bristly doormat with arms extended in a crucifixion pose while holding heavy books for several minutes because he didn't finish his homework... Amazingly, he turned out to be a peaceful, practicing Buddhist.

I have a feeling some of these abuses are still taking place. It is shameful that none of the abusers were named in the report. See below:
  
Report Details Abuses in Irish Reformatories
New York Times
21 May 2009

A nine-year investigation into Ireland’s Catholic-run institutions reported abuse from the 1930s to the 1990s....

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/world/europe/21ireland.html

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New Galway Hooker Dark Wheat, The Salt House, Galway

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Strangest fine amount ever

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4' tall by 6" WIDE? huh?

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Garden of Remembrance, Dublin

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