All Kinds Of Everything In The Race For The Áras
Well, it seems my most recent article on Fine Goirm’s Gael’s presidential hopeful Gay Mitchell has unleashed something ofContinue Reading
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Gay ‘The Christian’ Mitchell
With the departure of Senator David Norris from the electoral field, it’s time to have another look at Fine Gael’sContinue Reading
Death By A Thousand Cuts
So, as I and many other commentators predicted, the presidential campaign of Senator David Norris has come to something of an ignoble end. From the IrishContinue Reading
The Holocaust. A European Institution?
I’ve never been much of a European. In fact I’m not really sure if Ireland and the Irish qualify forContinue Reading
The Sea-Sundered Gaels
Scottish nationalist blogs have been a hive of activity in the last week so here is a selection of theContinue Reading
The SDLP. Why?
Okay. The SDLP is in the crapper, Margaret Ritchie’s leadership has made things worse, and they badly need somethingContinue Reading
Gay Mitchell: Right-Wing, Conservative, Christian… And President Of Ireland?
[For an updated and much expanded overview of Gay Mitchell’s conservative Christian links click here, including his alleged association withContinue Reading
Curiouser And Curiouser – David Norris, John Connolly, Labour And Israel
I reported earlier on the controversy swirling around Senator David Norris and the revelations over the criminal offences of his ex-partner, EzraContinue Reading
A Bit Of Cloak And Dagger? A Pro-Israeli Irish Blogger And David Norris
Hmmm, some interesting speculating over on the Cedar Lounge Revolution about what exactly lies behind the latest revelations over the personal lifeContinue Reading
Seán Garland, The Workers Party, And The Fools Republic
There’s none so hypocritical as those on the political Left, particularly the hard Left, so it’s been more than interestingContinue Reading
Binn Éadair – Lúghnasa, 2011
In celebration of the Féile Lúghnasa, a climb to the summit of Binn Éadair (Howth) ‘The Summit of Éadar’, andContinue Reading
Féile Lúghnasa
Well its that time of the year again and the important Celtic Irish holiday of Lúghnasa, the Feast of Lúgh, isContinue Reading
David Norris And A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Well it would seem that David Norris has more or less destroyed his own Presidential chances after a series of revelations overContinue Reading
Imre Makovecz And The Wonders of Organic Architecture
One of my favourite architects is also one of Europe’s least known, Hungary’s Imre Makovecz, a proponent of organic architecture who has created some of theContinue Reading
Scottish And British, Like Swedish And Scandinavian?
For some intellectualising on the SNP MP Pete Wishart and his what ‘Britishness’ could mean in an independent Scotland there’s none better than the LallandsContinue Reading
An Bhreatain Bheag – Little Britain
WalesHome carries an interesting article on language apartheid in the nation (which originally appeared here): ‘WE OFTEN hear that WalesContinue Reading
Gaelic Scotland And Anglo Ireland
Some good news from Scotland for our fellow Gaels as the Scottish government announces further funding for Scottish language filmContinue Reading
Bertie Ahern: Grotesque, Unbelievable, Bizarre, Unprecedented
News from the Irish Independent on former An Taoiseach na Chófra, Bertie Ahern, and his flourishing new career out of office (and Ireland): ‘FORMERContinue Reading
Splintered Hari
Occasional, but always excellent, Irish blogger Splintered Sunrise (whose real identity is known to many) tackles the thorny subject ofContinue Reading
Alan Moore And The League In 1969
The Guardian holds an excellent Q&A with comics’ writer Alan Moore, one of the modern doyens of the genre, focusing in particularContinue Reading
The Defence Forces of Scotland
A good article over on Better Nation discussing the security (for which read, military) future of an independent Scotland: ‘OneContinue Reading
An IKEA Britain?
Interesting article in the Scotsman on the electoral troubles of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland (that I previously discussed here) and oneContinue Reading
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