An Sionnach Fionn New Year’s Eve Review 2017
One of the satisfactions I have derived from writing An Sionnach Fionn over the last few years has been watching itsContinue Reading
Month: December 2017
The British Security Service, MI5, Planned Terrorist Assassination Of Fianna Fáil Leader, Charles Haughey
The last few days has seen the publication of another tranche of heretofore secret government documents under the National ArchivesContinue Reading
Nollaig Shona Daoibh!
A very happy Christmas to the readers and followers of An Sionnach Fionn, old and new, regular and occasional. IContinue Reading
Dublin Hints At Shared Authority With London Over The North Of Ireland
When it comes to the United Kingdom’s legacy colony in the north-east of Ireland, the political concepts, joint-sovereignty and joint-authorityContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar, From Love Actually To A Spaceman Came Travelling
I rarely listen to Newstalk radio, which has turned into the Daily Mail of Irish broadcasting, its schedules filled withContinue Reading
Kneecap: C.E.A.R.T.A
From the Belfast-based Irish rappers, Kneecap, comes this homage to party-time shenanigans, CEARTA, with lyrics by Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap.Continue Reading
The British Government Cover-up Of The DUP Dark Money Donors
The decision by the minority Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom to limit public scrutiny of the Democratic UnionistContinue Reading
The Nerd Crew Versus The Angry Joe Show
It’s hard to surpass Red Letter Media’s invariably spot-on pastiches of all those super enthusiastic geek-orientated shows which fill upContinue Reading
The Brexit Angst Of The Irish Revisionists
Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
Hezbollah, Barack Obama And Syria
The news and current affairs website, Politico, has published a number of claims by former government officials in the UnitedContinue Reading
Minister Suggests Giving Internet Corporations Access To Passport Details
I sometimes think that it’s almost impossible to underestimate the average politician’s desire for publicity, no matter how inane orContinue Reading
Apocalypse Now Now, A Dark Fantasy Short Film From South Africa
One of my favourite fantasy movies of the last two decades is the Russian release, Night Watch, by the writer-director TimurContinue Reading
The Church Of Scientology Is Trying To Normalise Itself In Irish Society. Don’t Let It!
In recent years the covert growth of the pseudo-religious organisation known as the Church of Scientology has been delivered a seriesContinue Reading
Amnesty International Ireland Is Wrong On Foreign Donations
As most readers are aware, I support the availability of abortion through the health service in Ireland, disdaining the present, inhumaneContinue Reading
The UK Hammers Its Own Brexit Deal With The EU And Ireland
Following several months of torturous negotiations, in the early hours of Monday the 4th of December, the government of theContinue Reading
British Minister Michael Gove Claims That The UK Can Renege On Its Exit Deal With The EU And Ireland
Less than twenty-four hours after the United Kingdom issued a joint-report with the European Union on its planned exit fromContinue Reading
The EU And Ireland Wins Major Concessions From Britain As DUP Sidelined
The final, much-delayed agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union – including, Ireland – has been published, spellingContinue Reading
Lady Sylvia Hermon Castigates The Recklessness Of The DUP And Tories
Bar the elected representatives of the liberal-leaning Alliance Party and a handful of others, almost the entirety of pro-union opinionContinue Reading
Spokesperson Offers Paranoid Defence Of Trump-Backed Roy Moore
Taking a step away from the insanity that is Brexit politics in the United Kingdom, let us dip a toeContinue Reading
Unionism In Ireland Is Turning Brexit Into Its Political Death Warrant
The political humiliation of Theresa May, the inept prime minister of the United Kingdom, continues, with the news this morningContinue Reading
The DUP And Arlene Foster Blocks Compromise “Soft Border” Deal Between Ireland, The EU and Britain
Early on Monday morning it seemed as if several months of torturous negotiations between Dublin, Brussels and London had paidContinue Reading
Ireland And The Roman Empire, Irish Tower Houses
I thought some readers might be interested in these two links from the Mediaevalist.Net. The first one leads to aContinue Reading
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