Gay Rights And Gael Rights. Facing Down The Bigots
The Irish Examiner has an editorial, presumably reflecting the newspaper’s official view, which yet again shows the extraordinarily warped reasoning of theContinue Reading
Month: May 2012
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In Praise Of An Hobad – But Why The Awful Gaelicisations?
The J.R.R. Tolkien fansite, TheOneRing.net, carries some news on the release of An Hobad, the Irish language version of Tolkien’sContinue Reading
Support Austerity Treaty Says Pat Cox Megarich European Politician. Sorry! I Meant, MEP
Ah, the upcoming referendum on the Austerity Treaty has the Golden Circle all of a-quiver as they face the outsideContinue Reading
Bad Blood In The Massachusetts Senate Race?
There is a minor firestorm in US politics at the moment (and no, I don’t mean the jaw-droppingly medieval lawContinue Reading
Ignorance Is Bliss
In the Scotsman newspaper columnist Fiona McCade has contributed to the world of journalism one of the most selfish, self-centred,Continue Reading
Brit-Nats Jump Down The Rabbit Hole To Escape The SNP Vote
Apparently the Scottish National Party received an electoral drubbing in the local elections held in Scotland last week. Or soContinue Reading
The Dragon In The East
The Irish political classes. What a work of man they are. Throughout the 19th century they clung parasite-like to theContinue Reading
Bobaí Ó Seachnasaigh
The British version of the Huffington Post, which strangely I’ve always found a wee bit right-wing given its liberal US origins, carries a lengthyContinue Reading
So What’cha What’cha What Ya Want
Genuinely saddened to hear of the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch, certainly one of the voices of my generation. From the Guardian: “Rapper Adam Yauch, aContinue Reading
Gaelic North America
I’ve discussed the popularity of the Irish language in North America before but it’s not the only Gaelic tongue enjoying a renaissance there. InContinue Reading
Shining A Light On Institutional Discrimination?
Following on from the revelations of serious breaches by a significant number of public bodies in relation to their legal obligations underContinue Reading
Surprise Results For New Irish Language Survey In The North
The northern regional Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) has published a new study, ‘Public Attitudes towards the IrishContinue Reading
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