UVF Organised Attacks On Nationalist Enclave
Confirmation today that the East Belfast wing of the British Unionist terrorist group, the UVF, organised the sustained assault on the Irish Nationalist enclaveContinue Reading
Month: June 2011
British Unionist Gangs Attack Nationalist Community In Belfast
The Short Strand area of Belfast, which has a large Irish Nationalist community, has come under sustained attack this evening and tonight from gangs of British Unionist rioters,Continue Reading
The Home Of An Taibhdhearc To Return
The home of An Taibhdhearc, Ireland’s Irish Language National Theatre, is to return. ‘THE ALL-IRISH Taibhdhearc theatre in Galway city, which wasContinue Reading
Big Audio Dynamite
Since I’m watching ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ on TG4 here is some Big Audio Dynamite with ‘Medicine Show’!Continue Reading
Lies, Damned Lies, And… Polls
According to the latest Northern Ireland Life and Times survey as reported in the Irish Times: ‘…one in three Catholics (33 per cent) want a unitedContinue Reading
Roibeárd ‘Bobaí’ Ó Seachnasaigh
Interesting and timely article from journalist and media lecturer Roy Greenslade in the Guardian newspaper on the anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes. He begins: ‘Thirty years ago,Continue Reading
Ross Kemp, Daleks And Wikipedia
Wikipedia, that cybernetic font of wisdom, is often more fun than strictly intended. Take this entry on British soap actorContinue Reading
Bugger And Bedamned!
I was going to write something about this inanity but I really became too annoyed. ‘A controversial conference promoting a therapy thatContinue Reading
Fáilte Ireland – But Where Is Fáilte Éireann?
News that in Doire (Derry) the Irish language culture centre, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, has won a prestigious award for promotingContinue Reading
Plucky Little Belgium – Or Why Artificial States Fail
The Irish Times reports on the continued deadlock in Belgium – and why one way or another something is going to give… ‘InContinue Reading
Scottish Language Online – Scottish Language Education Offline
Some interesting news with more proof of the positive impact of the internet for the Gaelic languages, if harnessed correctly.Continue Reading
God Save Ireland – From The Anglos!
Okay, as a bona fide atheist I’ve not much faith in any god anywhere saving Ireland, but any sort ofContinue Reading
Language Apartheid In Ireland?
I’ve written before about the casual discrimination against Ireland’s Irish-speaking citizens within our state and state-funded agencies and the inherentContinue Reading
Irish Greed And Venality Reaches A New Low
So you think the vulgar excesses and rank commercialism of the Celtic Tiger, which brought this nation to the point of collapse, is well andContinue Reading
Irish In America
Anti-Irish (or more specifically anti-Irish Catholic) bigotry is a current which runs deep in American history, from the late 17th toContinue Reading
Who Doesn’t Like Zombie Nazis? Or Killer Trolls?!
Norwegian cinema is unusual, sometimes very unusual, but fun. And none more so than its small, Indie scene. Here are two recent examples.Continue Reading
Old John Brown…
The main (and possibly only) thing most people outside of the United States know about the historical figure of JohnContinue Reading
Classic Cars – Stateside…
Classic cars… DROOL… . .. Hmmm…Memorial Day weekend & very ominous skies don’t make the most inviting scenario to driveContinue Reading
Howls Of Anglo Anguish As TG4 Wins Rugby Contract?
TG4 has announced an exclusive 3-year deal with the ERC to broadcast highlights of the Heineken and Amlin Challenge Cups. This isContinue Reading
Irish From Brazil!
Interesting the things one stumbles across on the idirlíon / internet. All I can say is, give this girl a contractContinue Reading
Enda Kenny: Trust Me, I’m A Politician
You gotta love Enda ‘Paddy‘ Kenny. Sure, without him wouldn’t we still be living with a government of corrupt, lying, money-grabbing shysters, out to doContinue Reading
Scotland The Brave – And Free?
A new poll in the Herald Scotland shows increased support for Scottish Independence. According to the newspaper: ‘The number of peopleContinue Reading
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