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2019 Plaque Unveiled In Dublin To Honor Discussions Underway For Pence
10th, Spanish Civil War Veteran Visit To Ireland This Year
July
plaque has been has been erected in his memo- Mr Doyle’s granddaughter
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unveiled to honor a ry. Organized by the unveiled the plaque, and
EXAMINER eran in Dublin. Stoneybatter and Smithfield helped arrange the memorial,
thanked
who
ASpanish Civil War vet-
those
had
which she called “a great
Bob Doyle, who died in
History project, funding for
honor for a great man”.
2009 aged 92, was born on
the plaque was raised by a
Mr Doyle first joined the
IRISH North King Street in number of events and dona- anti-treaty IRA in the 1930s
Smithfield – where a plaque
tions.
where he lost an eye, and in
1937, joined the International US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to visit Ireland this
Brigades in the Spanish Civil year.
war to fight for the Spanish It is reported dates in early September are being looked by
Republic. Irish and US officials.
He was captured and spent The Department of Foreign Affairs said Mr Pence has indicat-
11 months in a concentration ed his wish to visit Ireland this year.
camp near Burgos. It said it has had contact with the US administration on the
After his release, he served proposed visit, but that it remains unconfirmed.
in the British Merchant Navy Mr Pence, who has Irish ancestry from Sligo and Clare, was
during the Second World War invited to Ireland by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in March dur-
and eventually settled with his ing a St Patrick’s Day event in the US.
wife in London, where he Any arrival here would likely mean a further meeting with the
became a trade union activist. Taoiseach as well as a meeting with President Michael D Higgins.
Before his death, he pub- A possible visit in September would also be his first time in
lished a book documenting his Ireland in an official capacity. C
experiences of the Spanish
Civil War called Brigadista: Study Finds Ireland’s Young Women Are
An Irishman’s Fight Against The Most Depressed In EU
Fascism.C Young women in Ireland have the highest levels of depression
in Europe, according to a new study.
Research from Eurofound shows that 17% of women between
15 and 24 in Ireland report being moderately or severely
depressed, compared to an EU average of 9%.
The Eurostat data shows that gender is an important factor in
depression with young women aged 15–24 more likely to suffer
from depressive symptoms than young men.
The greatest gender gaps were in Denmark, Germany, Ireland
and Sweden.
The numbers also show that young women are more likely to
handle upsetting events internally – a factor linked to depression.
These include higher rates of self-harm and eating disorders such
as anorexia or bulimia among.
Ireland has the highest overall incidence of moderate to severe
depressive symptoms among young people in the EU.
The report highlights the impact of the economic crisis on
young people with a 78% increase in homelessness among this
age group between 2016 and 2018.
The study also highlights other pressures such as eating disor-
ders and cyberbullying. C
Number Of Adoptions Falls By Over A Third
The number of adoptions in Ireland has decreased by 35%
over the past five years.
According to the Adoption Authority of Ireland, there were
112 domestic adoptions in 2014.
This figure fell to 72 last year, with only 34 in the first six
months of this year.
Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on children, Anne Rabbitte, says
the decline is a concern: “When you’re talking in small figures
like that, it’s hard to believe there isn’t more people seeking the
adoption route.
“It’s a low number to be honest with you and it’s something
that I will be raising probably with one of our Oireachtas
Committee meetings is a review of it just in the fact that it’s near-
ly two years since the act came in to place in relation to families
choosing to come in to foster care or young persons themselves
self selecting to be adopted.” C
