The UK Retreats From The Imposition Of A Brexit Border In Ireland
The United Kingdom has published its position paper on post-Brexit relations between Ireland and the UK-administered Six Counties and onContinue Reading
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Donald Trump Excuses Alt-Right Violence In Charlottesville
Donald J Trump can’t help himself. When offered the opportunity to dig himself out of a hole he chooses toContinue Reading
Israel Upgrades Tank-APC As Middle East Becomes Military Laboratory
Though the dictatorial regime of Bashar al-Assad supposedly entered the Syrian civil war with some 5000 tanks, mainly of RussianContinue Reading
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When It Comes To The Irish Otherworld, I’m With Danny Healy-Rae
When you find yourself in agreement with Danny Healy-Rae, the maverick independent TD from Kerry, you know that your dayContinue Reading
Britain’s Brexit-Born Indifference And Antipathy To Peace In Ireland
There is a somewhat pessimistic belief among some Irish revolutionary republicans which can be best summed up as follows: “WhenContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil Prepares Ground For A Future Coalition With Sinn Féin
Given the ongoing speculation about the creation of a Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin coalition government following the next general election,Continue Reading
The BBC And The Welsh Language, Self-Interested Discrimination
Several readers, including Marconatrix, have drawn my attention to this discussion about Welsh language rights broadcast on Newsnight, the BBC’sContinue Reading
Welsh Language Rights Under Threat?
Speaking of the challenges facing linguistic minorities, what do readers make of this news from Wales, as reported by theContinue Reading
2016 Census Of Canada Shows Small Decline In French As A Home Language
Has the French language begun its much prophesied decline as a community tongue on the North American continent? That isContinue Reading
The Caterthuns, Two Iron Age Hillforts In Scotland
Some of you may have already seen this wonderful drone footage by Kieran Baxter featuring the Caterthuns, a pair ofContinue Reading
Likelihood Of Future Fianna Fáil And Sinn Féin Post-Election Deal Grows
Despite vociferous denials and protests to the contrary, by both politicians and journalists, since the general election of 2011 theContinue Reading
The War In Afghanistan Is Lost. So Why Is The US Still Fighting It?
It is a rare thing for a conventional army to admit its military mistakes; to acknowledge that its plans, strategiesContinue Reading
Stuart Campbell, Wings Over Scotland And Divided Nationalism In Scotland
Readers of An Sionnach Fionn might be familiar with Wings Over Scotland (WOS), the influential Scottish politics blog founded inContinue Reading
Anthony Scaramucci Adds To The Insanity Gripping Donald Trump’s White House
One of my favourite cinematic political satires is the Marx Brothers’ 1933 classic Duck Soup and over the last severalContinue Reading
Sí Gaoithe, An Otherworldly Whirlwind Caught On Camera
When I was growing up my mother regaled me with many stories of her own childhood in West Cork, andContinue Reading
Optimistic Nihilism
From Kurzgesagt, a German-based YouTube channel and design studio with an interesting take on science and culture, a short introduction toContinue Reading
The Torture Of Suspected Insurgents By The US And The UK
Two related stories about torture or more specifically the clinical nature of physical and psychological abuse when practiced by mature,Continue Reading
Barry Cunliffe Lectures On The Celtic From The West Theory
An interesting talk by the veteran British historian and archaeologist Barry Cunliffe discussing the controversial “Celtic from the West” theory.Continue Reading
Donald Trump Contemplates An Army Of Western Mercenaries To Wage War In Afghanistan
The journalist and veteran of Middle East diplomacy Alon Ben-Meir has an opinion piece in the Japan Times under theContinue Reading
Ireland Dismisses UK’s Suggestion Of A Post-Brexit Electronic Border
Over the last several weeks there seems to have been a certain hardening in the diplomatic language deployed by IrelandContinue Reading
The Bronze Age Battlefield Site Of Tollense, Northern Germany
In an article last year I highlighting some new research into the suspected Bronze Age battlefield site of Tollense, a riverContinue Reading
Fine Gael Minister Paschal Donohoe Blames Left-Wing Parties For Right-Wing Failures
Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Finance in the Fine Gael-led minority government, took himself off to the MacGill Summer SchoolContinue Reading
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