Lord Bew And The Policy Exchange: Misrepresenting The Backstop Protocol
World by Storm has done an excellent job of rebuffing the latest Brexit-facilitating proposals from Lord Bew and the PolicyContinue Reading
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Game Of Thrones And The Troubles: Justifying The Killing Of Civilians
While there is some contention and uncertainty over the precise figures, authors and researchers generally agree that just over 35%Continue Reading
Channel 4 News Examines Online Anti-Immigrant Activism In Ireland
Regular readers and social media followers of An Sionnach Fionn will have seen a number of articles and posts overContinue Reading
Irish Language Broadcasting In “Crisis” As Government Neglects Language Equality
The latest report by the Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands has highlighted the “crisis”Continue Reading
Tory Leadership Contender Michael Gove: An “Orange” Unionist
By all accounts the headline-making confession of cocaine use by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food andContinue Reading
Sajid Javid: Pay Ireland Hundreds Of Millions To Erect A UK Border
It seems that Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the United Kingdom and a chiefContinue Reading
Planning For A United Ireland: Sooner Rather Than Later
In previous years the poor-to-disastrous showing by Sinn Féin in the national and regional local government and European Parliament electionsContinue Reading
Amnesty For The British Army, Prosecution For The Irish Republican Army
The high-profile campaign by conservative politicians and media figures in the United States to absolve US military personnel of theirContinue Reading
UK Minister Sajid Javid Complains: “Ireland Is The Tail That Wags The Dog”
Judging by the opinions expressed over the weekend by the main contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party inContinue Reading
Irish Local And European Elections 2019: Good For The Greens, Terrible For Sinn Féin
So it’s all over in the counts for the local government elections for 2019 with the final results from theContinue Reading
Owen Jones Meets The Faragists At A Brexit Party Rally
To be honest, I don’t have that much to add to all that’s been said in the news media overContinue Reading
Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey Swings Into Action With Disastrous Radio Interview
It’s been claimed that Fine Gael paid an electoral price for the controversy involving the Fine Gael TD Maria BaileyContinue Reading
Neil deGrasse Tyson Wows Guests With “Ghost-Like” Aerogel
While we wait for the final results from the European Parliament and local government elections here is the coolest thingContinue Reading
The ASF Vote In The European And Local Elections 2019
Since it has become a sort of confessional political tradition for An Sionnach Fionn, here is how I voted inContinue Reading
DUP Declines To Comment On Support Of Loyalists Militants In The European Election
As voters in the north-east of the country go to the polls to elect three MEPs to the European Parliament,Continue Reading
HBO’s Final Season Of The Game Of Thrones And Its Many Critics
Like many other television viewers I was pretty saddened to have reached the final season and episode of the GameContinue Reading
Video: Brexit-Supporting Tory MP David Davies Called A “Traitor” By An Irate Brexit Supporter
Brexit meets Tory as the Conservative Party and Leave-supporting MP David Davies is confronted by a Leave-supporter during an interviewContinue Reading
Why Is Vice Media Pushing The Pseudoscience Of Astrology?
In a short report for the BBC earlier this year the freelance journalist Alexandra Jones examined the internet-driven revival ofContinue Reading
Fine Gael Likely To Top European Elections While The SDLP and Alliance Compete For MEP Seat
If the latest polls are correct Fine Gael is likely to emerge as the biggest winner from the forthcoming electionsContinue Reading
Irexit. The Irish Fifth Column For Brexiteers And Racists
Since the start of 2018 An Sionnach Fionn has published a number of articles examining the ongoing campaign by far-rightContinue Reading
Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez And The Democratic Socialists of America
I suspect that few people in Ireland will have heard of the Democratic Socialists of America or DSA, arguably theContinue Reading
Human Events. Yet Another American Neo-Right Magazine And Website
Heaven knows there are enough online publications in the United States leaning well to the right of the country’s politicalContinue Reading
