Celtic Chess? Ficheall and Gwyddbwyll In Medieval Ireland And Wales
The modern Irish word for the game of chess is ficheall. However this term, literally “wood wisdom” or “wood sense”,Continue Reading
Month: September 2018
Theresa May’s Bizarre Plan For A Festival Of Brexit Britain
One might have some sympathy for Boris Johnson’s dismissal of Theresa May’s Brexit plans as “deranged” if his own suggestionsContinue Reading
Brexit Paranoia: UK Ministers Promote Conspiracy Theories And Fake News
With the Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom unwilling – or unable – to reach a reasonable withdrawal agreementContinue Reading
Donald Trump: “They Weren’t Laughing At Me, They Were Laughing With Me”
Yet another solo press conference from the man with the “…very, very large ah-brain“, this time following his extraordinary addressContinue Reading
The Multi-Million Euro Presidency Of Ireland And That €317,000 Allowance
Talking of Irish political scandals, the news that the office of the president has been in receipt of an unaccountableContinue Reading
DUP Leader Arlene Foster Points Finger At Others For The RHI Scandal
If observers were expecting Arlene Foster, the leader of the controversy-mired Democratic Unionist Party, to face the same level ofContinue Reading
Brexit Turmoil In Britain. Will Theresa May Call A Snap General Election?
Will she or won’t she? That is the question concerning Theresa May and the possibility of a snap general electionContinue Reading
From The US-Backed War In Yemen To The US-Ally Israel And Segregated Palestine
No one can doubt the baleful influence of the Russian Federation in south-eastern Europe and the Middle East. The annexationContinue Reading
DUP Forced UK Prime Minister Theresa May To Drop Compromise Plan With EU
While it’s not exactly noted for its informed political reporting, there seems to be some substance behind the claim byContinue Reading
Video: Brexit, A Cry From The Irish Border
The Irish actor Stephen Rea explores the impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union and theContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Rejects An Irish Sea Border But Offers No Concrete Alternative
If the assessment of the press in Britain is correct, Theresa May seems to have brought her tottering government toContinue Reading
UK Premier Theresa May Adopts Hardline Brexit Rhetoric With EU Leaders
If the leaders of the European Union were expecting a more conciliatory tone from the United Kingdom at yesterday’s headsContinue Reading
A Ban On Photographing Gardaí Runs Contrary To Our Democratic Norms
The suggestion by Charlie Flanagan, the hardline Minister for Justice and Equality, that he would favour legislation banning the photographing orContinue Reading
Michael Gove Talks Of Tearing Up EU Treaties, Boris Johnson Talks Of EU Vassal States
One of the pillars of international law is the understanding that a treaty between two or more sovereign nation-states isContinue Reading
Brexit Britain’s “Quiet Retreat” From The Good Friday Agreement Peace Process
The BrexitLawNI group – a joint-research project between Queen’s University Belfast, the Ulster University and the Committee on the Administration ofContinue Reading
Red Letter Media On The Jean-Luc Picard Star Trek Revival
The promised revival of the character of Jean-Luc Picard from the science-fiction show, Star Trek: The Next Generation, has caused noContinue Reading
The EU Copyright Directive Will Stifle Online Free Speech And Creativity
The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU’s new Copyright Directive, with 438 MEPs favouring the controversial draftContinue Reading
Masked Men In Paramilitary-Style Gear Escorted By Gardaí During Dublin Eviction
The incident late yesterday, when masked gardaí provided heavy protection to similarly masked, black-clad private security contractors attempting to gainContinue Reading
JRR Tolkien And Arthur Conan Doyle: The Deaths Of Gandalf The Grey And Sherlock Holmes
A few weeks ago I received a rather beautiful blu-ray boxset from Japan of the 1984-94 adaptation of the SherlockContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Suicide Vest Diplomacy With The EU
Talking of political inanity, Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and theContinue Reading
The Tory Brexit Plan: Defend The Falkland Islands And Build A Star Wars Missile Shield
Over the weekend the press in the UK carried a number of leaked recommendations from a draft report by the EuropeanContinue Reading
The Irexit Freedom Party. Nigel Farage’s Brexit-Abetting Irish Fifth Column?
Yesterday saw the launch of the risible Irexit Freedom Party (IFP), a fringe political grouping opposed to Ireland’s decades-old membershipContinue Reading
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