Celebrating British War Crimes In Ireland – The Orange Kulturfest
In light of the attempts by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland and other British Protestant fundamentalist organisations in theContinue Reading
Month: July 2012
No Democracy, Now!
Right-wing Canadian journalist Andrew Coyne expresses a view in the National Post on Québec independence that I suspect many CanadiansContinue Reading
Cork City Council Supports Same-Sex Marriage
Talking of appealing to the liberal centre-right and left, some more Varadkar-related news on the back of the passing byContinue Reading
An Eye To the Future?
According to the Oirish Independent Fine Gael golden boy Leo Varadkar is off to improve his Irish language abilities in theContinue Reading
Haigh!
Well, to paraphrase someone else, I haven’t gone away y’know 😉 A bout of illness, a bit of R’n’R, andContinue Reading
The Irish Unarmed Struggle
The Journal carries an article on the Irish language from Ian Mac Eochagáin, a professional Russian-English translator. Or more accurately itContinue Reading
Gaeltacht Bill 2012 – Another View
Donncha Ó hÉallaithe, Irish language and community researcher and writer, examines the new Gaeltacht Bill 2012 in the Irish TimesContinue Reading
Raidió Rí-Rá
Some good news from the Irish language radio station Raidió Rí-Rá, featured in an article over on Radio World: “Irish-languageContinue Reading
Better Apart
Quick post on two articles. One is an interview in the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper with Plaid Cymru’s progressiveContinue Reading
A Win For Seán And Síle Citizen
Wow! Logic and reason has been displayed by the Irish civil service in relation to the Irish speaking citizenry of the state. Or did the barrage of national andContinue Reading
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