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# swastika

Last year
2022
Rome church condemns funeral with swastika-draped coffin and fascist salute
The parish priest and the church distanced themselves from ‘every word, gesture and symbol’.
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Jan 11th 2022, 6:28 PM
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'Some thugs have been busy with spray paint': Garda probe launched after Swastika daubed on holy site
The incident happened yesterday at the The Holy Year Cross outside Clonmel between 3pm and 6pm yesterday afternoon.
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Jul 31st 2019, 8:37 PM
Swastika scratched off controversial Nazi church bell
“We did spring cleaning. Not only is the village cleaned, but also the bell.”
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Apr 4th 2018, 3:00 PM
Construction workers in Germany found this massive swastika underneath a sports pitch
City officials say they want the swastika, which was buried 40 centimeters below the ground, gone as quickly as possible.
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Nov 21st 2017, 1:08 PM
Man (23) appears in court charged in relation to vandalism of The George
Derogatory language and the Nazi swastika symbol were daubed in chalk in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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May 22nd 2017, 11:50 AM
Fine Gael councillor's posters defaced with swastikas
Colm Brophy woke up on Sunday to find around two-dozen of his posters spray painted with the Nazi symbol.
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Jan 25th 2016, 6:05 PM
Man charged with carving swastika into cyclist's forehead
He and three others are accused of trying to force the victim to leave his neighbourhood.
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Oct 15th 2015, 7:52 PM
English historian under fire for comparing the SNP with the Nazis
“I’m not saying they’re about to set up concentration camps,” David Starkey said defending his views.
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Jun 15th 2015, 10:51 AM
Croatia issues apology after swastika symbol appears on pitch
Croatia are facing punishment from Uefa after the symbol appeared during their Euro qualifier with Italy.
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Jun 13th 2015, 1:24 PM
Trinity College, cannabis, and going to the dentist : The week in numbers
Plus: How many Irish people have travelled to Switzerland for an assisted suicide?
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Aug 23rd 2014, 7:30 PM
Teenager sentenced to 11 years in jail for carving swastika on boy's forehead
The 16-year-old told the victim that he was “very sincerely sorry”.
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Aug 21st 2014, 9:12 PM
Package with 'white powder and a swastika' sent to Alan Shatter's home
In the Dáil, the Taoiseach said the anti-Semitic material sent to Shatter’s home was “a new low”. Several members of the gardaí and the Defence Forces were on the scene in Ballinteer, south Dublin earlier today.
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Apr 2nd 2014, 12:20 PM
Pic: A relic of 'Dublin's Finest Laundry'
And a footnote in ‘Dublin’s All-Time Worst Business Naming Decisions’. Yes, it’s the Swastika Laundry.
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Sep 4th 2012, 10:47 AM
Madonna blames 'thugs' for 'riot' at Paris show
French investigators have said that supporters of far right party leader Marine Le Pen caused problems at the intimate show, after controversy over Swastika imagery.
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Jul 30th 2012, 10:16 AM
Madonna hits Dublin: The 5 looniest stories about her backstage antics
DNA scrubbing, Irish weather, roses with stems the wrong length – it’s a minefield out there for the Queen of Pop.
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Jul 24th 2012, 11:01 AM
Oh, THAT swastika: Madonna sued over concert video of French politician
The French far-right has taken exception to having their leader’s face displayed with a Nazi symbol on the forehead.
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Jul 16th 2012, 9:29 AM
Plane flies swastika banner over New York and New Jersey
The banner was the work of the Raelian society, a UFO religion that wants the symbol to be rehabilitated.
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Jun 25th 2012, 11:44 AM