The Future Is Irish
Yesterday the Irish government announced a major review of how the state legally recognises certain regions of the country as GaeltachtaíContinue Reading
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Discrimination Dressed As Reasonableness… Isn’t It Always?
An article in the Irish Times decries the alleged “preferential” treatment given to Irish-speaking children in the education system because some studentsContinue Reading
Fantasy Troubles – Part Two! “Proud Of Being Irish Is Like Being Proud Of Having Leprosy”
Well, hello there, and welcome to another in my occasional series of “Fantasy Troubles“. This latest entry comes courtesy of those crazy BritContinue Reading
Contrasting Attitudes – Ireland And Wales
Earlier I talked about the hostility of many in the Irish civil service to the Irish language, and in particular the wilful misinterpretations orContinue Reading
A Little Less Ireland, A Little More Éire
A few days ago I pointed to the criticisms made of Ireland by many experts in the field of international tourism due to the country’s failure to build uponContinue Reading
Wales – Exit Stage Left?
There is a surprisingly sympathetic article looking at Welsh nationalism, Plaid Cymru and the Plaid leadership candidate Leanne Wood in the Guardian newspaper:Continue Reading
Irish Press Freedom – A Drop In Global Ranking For 2011-2012
The 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders has been released and it shows that Ireland has dropped five places from number 10Continue Reading
The Pettiness Of Casual Discrimination In Ireland
From the Irish Times, a story about a seemingly causal act of unthinking discrimination that actually reveals quiet a lot about the thinking ofContinue Reading
One Man’s Terrorist – You Know The Rest…
Over the years I’ve always been amused by the strong, pro-British line taken by much of the mainstream US mediaContinue Reading
The Truth About Bloody Sunday – Another Episode From Britain’s Forever War In Ireland
Interesting article by Brendan O’Neill over on Spiked Online, examining the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972 when British troops attacked a civilContinue Reading
Lá Fhéile Bríde Shona Daoibh!
Its the first of February and the first day of Spring in the Irish calendar so happy Lá Fhéile Bríde to you all. Or as someContinue Reading
Independence, Devo-Max, Status Quo: 1, 2, 3
Back in December I wrote an article suggesting that the SNP should consider staging the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum (nowContinue Reading
The Real World Value Of Ireland’s Indigenous Language And Culture
Numerous experts in the area of language tourism have pointed to the failure of the Irish state to promote andContinue Reading
No 11% Has The Right To Fix The Boundary Of A Nation
According to the Irish Examiner the North’s deputy Joint First Minister, Martin McGuinness, has called for a northern referendum on the reunificationContinue Reading
Less The Bomb And Bullet, More The Pound And Pence
Vote Independence, get the dole? That seems to be the message from the Scottish entrepreneur Michelle Mone who’s threatened to closeContinue Reading
Latest Poll: 51% Favour Scottish Independence
According to a Sunday Express poll 51% of the voters in Scotland now support independence, the first time this percentage has beenContinue Reading
Enda “My Oirish Brings All The Paddies To The Yard” Kenny Strikes Yet Again!
An Taoiseach na nOirish, Enda “Paddy Wants To Know” Kenny, strikes again. A man who personifies everything that is “Oirland”, a patheticContinue Reading
Let Us Never Forget – World Holocaust Memorial Day
Today is World Holocaust Memorial Day, and it would be wrong to let it pass without comment. Though human historyContinue Reading
Plaid Cymru On The Up
Plaid Cymru has reported a 23% increase in membership over the last four months as the party’s leadership contest hasContinue Reading
Cornwall Awakening
To my shame I’ve written relatively little about the nationalist movement in Cornwall, in some ways the almost forgotten nation of theContinue Reading
From Königsberg To Kaliningrad – The Mutable Nature Of European Borders
A fascinating article from Der Spiegel on the visit of the veteran 81 year old German and Hollywood actor Armin Mueller-StahlContinue Reading
Scottish Troubles?
Two weeks ago I reported on calls by some politicians from the British (Unionist) minority in Ireland, notably former senior UUP leader John Taylor,Continue Reading
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