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The EU’s Michel Barnier: No Accord, No Transition For UK Without The Backstop
Rumour, speculation, leaks and unattributed briefings seems to be the order of the day, as the Irish and British mediaContinue Reading
Senior British Official: “Ireland Is Fucked” In Proposed UK-EU Deal
The headline claim comes from a sparsely detailed and frequently contradictory exclusive by The Sunday Times newspaper in Britain, suggestingContinue Reading
How Brexit Is Killing Britain’s Rump Colony In Ireland
The Irish-born author and activist Richard Seymour, who hails from a unionist background in County Antrim, has written an excoriatingContinue Reading
Peter Casey And RTÉ’s Late Late Show
Regular readers of An Sionnach Fionn are likely aware of my vociferous opposition to political censorship and my belief thatContinue Reading
Edward Carson: Ulster And Ireland, Puppets In The Political Games Of The Conservative Party
The problem with selective quotes is that they tend to create a selective view of the person being quoted. ThisContinue Reading
The KKK, The DUP, And The Trumpian Toxicity Of Brexit
Not everyone who votes for the DUP dresses up in KKK clothing and poses with clenched fists outside an IslamicContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil Rejects Peter Casey, Renua Offers Him Its Party Leadership
While the reasons for Peter Casey’s surprise showing in last week’s presidential election are more complicated than the superficial analysesContinue Reading
Michael D Higgins Is The Winner. But At What Cost If Peter Casey Is Second?
So, one of the most uneventful, not to say downright lacklustre presidential contests in modern history has delivered no greatContinue Reading
Sorcha McAnespy And Fianna Fáil’s Failure To Launch In the North
Well that was a bit of a PR disaster. Last night’s surprise announcement that Sorcha McAnespy, a Fianna Fáil member andContinue Reading
Silver Winner, Current Affairs And Politics, Blog Awards Ireland 2018
Just a quick post to note that An Sionnach Fionn won a Silver or second place award in the CurrentContinue Reading
British Army Blowing Up A Cross-Border Bridge. A Brexit Warning
From an avowedly partisan television news report broadcast to UK viewers in September 1975*, a video clip of soldiers andContinue Reading
Plans For Brexit Food And Medicine Flotilla Stuns British Ministers
By all accounts, yesterday’s meeting of the British cabinet to discuss the latest twists in the country’s stalled withdrawal negotiationsContinue Reading
Leonard Nimoy Reviews The Magnavox Magnavision DiscoVision Videodisc Player
A cringeworthy performance by the late Leonard Nimoy as he expresses mustachioed* wonder at the Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVisionContinue Reading
Michael D Higgins And The Royal Presidency Of Ireland
Judging by the general public’s mood, press concerns over the exorbitant – and sometimes unaccountable – spending of public moniesContinue Reading
Greater England And The Dream Of A Brexit Empire
I doubt that you will find a better summation of the delusions still gripping the Brexit movement in the UnitedContinue Reading
UK Labour’s John McDonnell: I’m A Republican. I Long For A United Ireland
Yesterday’s claim by John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer for the British Labour Party, that he longs for a reunitedContinue Reading
Saudi Killers Listened To Music As They Butchered Jamal Khashoggi
The horrific slaughter of the Saudi journalist-turned-exile Jamal Khashoggi by a group of assassins dispatched by Riyadh to Istanbul isContinue Reading
UK Cabinet: “Northern Ireland” Is Leverage In Brexit Negotiations With The EU
Leverage in Brexit talks with the European Union. That is is how senior officials in the government of the UnitedContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Father On A Hard Border: The Irish Shoot Each Other, That Is Something They Do
Stanley Johnson, the right-wing political commentator and father of Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign andContinue Reading
The DUP’s Brexit Plan? Harden The Border, Save The Union
The Irish-born journalist and author Walter Ellis is probably best known in this country for his 2006 autobiography, The BeginningContinue Reading
Michael D Higgins Hides From RTÉ’s First Presidential Debate
Well that was a bit of a waste. With the incumbent, Michael D Higgins, refusing to attend last night’s presidentialContinue Reading
