The Paradise Papers And The Intricate Tax-Affairs Of Irish Celebrities
I must confess that I have yet to watch an episode of the joint BBC-RTÉ co-production, Mrs. Brown’s Boys, a bawdyContinue Reading
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The Inevitable Unionist And Alt-Unionist Failure
On the issue of the United Kingdom’s poisonous legacy colony in Ireland it’s rare to find a bit of non-apologistContinue Reading
Exploring The Lord of the Rings
This is a post that will likely appeal to only truly obsessive fans of JRR Tolkien’s fantasy trilogy, The LordContinue Reading
Jenna Abrams, Russia’s American Twitter Sock-Puppet
The Daily Beast has a well-researched article examining the mysterious Jenna Abrams, a minor right-wing “celebrity” in the United StatesContinue Reading
1.8 Million Fake Breathalyser Tests Recorded By An Garda
Am I the only one who believes that the “breathalyser tests” scandal in An Garda Síochána is failing to receiveContinue Reading
The United States Has Spent $1.46 Trillion On War-Fighting Since 2001
Over the last few years I’ve published several articles examining the financial costs of the United States’ global “War onContinue Reading
Spain’s Conflict With Catalonia Replays Britain’s Failed Conflict With Ireland
When Sinn Féin emerged with an electoral landslide from the December 1918 general election in the then United Kingdom ofContinue Reading
President Michael D Higgins Did Not Say That Compulsory Irish Is A Mistake
Yet again, don’t believe everything that you read in the press. Or at least, what you might read in Ireland’sContinue Reading
Star Trek Continues, The Trek Show That Fans Wanted
I was a big fan of the American science-fiction television series, Star Trek, when I was a child, watching rerunsContinue Reading
Monetization, Censorship And Free Speech On YouTube
In a post published last June I expressed my respect – and in some cases, appreciation – for those peopleContinue Reading
Willis E. McNelly Interviews Frank Herbert, Author Of Dune, 1969
Some readers might be interested in this taped interview with the American science-fiction author Frank Herbert, recorded at his homeContinue Reading
Kurdish Infighting Handed Valuable Kirkuk Region To Baghdad And Tehran
Reading this report in the Guardian by Martin Chulov, the newspaper’s veteran Middle East correspondent, it seems that my analysis ofContinue Reading
Gerry Adams On The Legitimacy Of The IRA’s Armed Resistance
An interesting snippet from an interview with the Sinn Féin president and Louth TD, Gerry Adams, recorded in July atContinue Reading
Dublin’s Brexit Solution: A Super-Majority Clause And An Irish Sea Border?
A thought occurs to me reading a Comment by a reader under the discussion on Leo Varadkar’s suggestion that aContinue Reading
Fake Democracy: A Super-Majority Requirement For A United Ireland
The former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, John Taylor, has taken to making the headlines in recent yearsContinue Reading
The Unexpected Kurdish Retreat From Kirkuk
The precipitous withdrawal of forces nominally loyal to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from the oil-rich Kirkuk region of northernContinue Reading
Will Britain Give Explicit Guarantee On No Brexit Border In Ireland?
There’s a plausible report by Dara Doyle on the business and current affairs website, Bloomberg, claiming that the Fine Gael-led governmentContinue Reading
The DUP Orders UK Conservative Party Government To Push For Hard Brexit
The finance minister of the United Kingdom, Philip Hammond, is regarded by most commentators as one of the less enthusiasticContinue Reading
Donald Trump Is The Silvio Berlusconi Of American Politics
While hyperbolic comparisons with Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini have become commonplace when discussing the wayward presidency of Donald Trump, aContinue Reading
Liam Cosgrave, A Fine Gael And Free State Reactionary To The Last
The recent passing of the former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Liam Cosgrave, had led to much eulogising by theContinue Reading
The Legacy of Ada Lovelace
A guest post by Gráinne Shannon, a well-travelled senior software programmer, writer and poet. Her day job inspired the award-nominated Orla’sContinue Reading
Official Review Concludes, Ireland Engaged In Mass Surveillance Of Virtually Entire Population
Back in January 2016 the former Chief Justice of Ireland, John L Murray, began his review of the country’s rarely discussedContinue Reading
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