Radical Rosary Mystery Tour – The walking tour of Dublin, on the eve of the visit of Queen Elizabeth, will be led by an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the slogan: “No queen but Mary Queen of Heaven — single mother, refugee, role model for a revolutionary!” The tour will make a number of stops around the city to mark “joyful, glorious and sorrowful mysteries”, according to organiser Ciaron O’Reilly, one of the Shannon Five who damaged a US navy plane at Shannon Airport in 2003 and were subsequently acquitted by a Dublin jury. Sites will include “sorrowful mysteries” at the Central Bank and Irish Aviation Authority, “glorious mysteries” at the statues of Jim Larkin and Phil Lynott, and “joyful mysteries” at a drug-treatment centre and among the immigrant businesses of Moore Street. “The routine at each stop will be short reflection connecting the site to the specific ‘mystery’ and a song or a recitation relevant to the site,” O’Reilly said. “Then those who are into the Rosary can recite a decade, and those who feel uncomfortable can begin the procession to the next stop.” Ben Griffin, who served with the SAS in Iraq and then refused a second tour of duty, will take part in the tour. Griffin now works as a volunteer at the Giuseppe Conlon Catholic Worker House in north London, and will be in Ireland as a guest of the Irish Anti-War Movement to protest the royal and US-presidential visits. “I’ll be in Ireland to support people working for peace and independence and trying to stop the wars in Iraq …
Dopamine jolt behind internet addiction
Filed under:drug treatment centre
Over time, the effect on the reward centre in the brain is similar to what makes drug addicts go back for another line of cocaine. “You end up developing an association … The treatment for this emerging condition is tricky. Cutting internet use is … Read more on Financial Times
Press Release: 14 year old Taylor's Shopping Wish to Come True on Saturday …
Filed under:drug treatment centre
Taylor will also be presented with a Sherway Gardens "Honourary Guest" name badge and will be escorted through the centre for her shopping spree. … Several of Sherway Gardens' retailers are teaming up to make Taylor's wish extra special and make sure … Read more on Wire Service Canada (press release)