Ireland’s British Apologists Continue The Fight
There are relatively few nations in the world where a significant part of the ruling elites, be they in politics orContinue Reading
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The United States Goes Full Brexit With President Donald J. Trump
Well, here’s one prediction I wish I had got wrong. President Donald J. Trump. Seriously, the United States of America, what the fuck?Continue Reading
From Mayo To North Dakota, From Corrib Gas To DAPL
An isolated rural region where long-standing communities reflect an indigenous language and culture, where local concerns and interests have been made secondaryContinue Reading
Hillary Clinton, The Spirit Cooking Satanist Candidate For President!
Just when you think that the US presidential election has reached its absolute nadir, that there are no further levels of insanity thatContinue Reading
A Minister For Ignoring Gaeltacht Affairs
Since her appointment to government office in 2014, the Fine Gael politician Heather Humphreys has gained a reputation as one of the worse minstersContinue Reading
Hillary Clinton And The Scandals Eating Away At Her Support
The media consensus in the United States maintains that it is a done deal, that the Democratic Party’s Hillary Clinton will gainContinue Reading
Increased Support For AAA–PBP In the Latest Polling
Credit where credit is due. From opposing water charges to exposing corporate malfeasance, from fighting socio-economic inequality to campaigning for constitutional reform, the Anti-AusterityContinue Reading
Northern Ireland, The Sectarian And Racist Squalor Of Britain’s Last Colony
Anna Lo, the Chinese-Irish president of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), a liberal unionist grouping in the north-east ofContinue Reading
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Bram Stoker’s Dracula, In Irish But Not Of The Irish
Mary Robinson of the Special Collections and Archives department at Maynooth University Library has published an interesting post in the lead up toContinue Reading
Native Peoples Face Violence And Exploitation By Western Interests
Rather more disturbing than the blinkered opinions of a Donald Trump fanboy in the Irish press are these two reports below.Continue Reading
The Donald Trump Defenders Find Their Irish Champion
There is a certain satisfaction to be derived from having one’s opinions – or prejudices – confirmed and that is certainlyContinue Reading
Saor Éire, The Mystery Of Ireland’s Trotskyist Revolutionaries
In terms of domestic Irish history Saor Éire was probably the most unusual – and controversial – left-leaning republican organisation to haveContinue Reading
Paths To Freedom, A Comedy From The Infancy Of The Celtic Tiger
I was somewhat surprised to discover that nearly sixteen years have passed since RTÉ’s ground-breaking comedy-drama, “Paths To Freedom“, was first broadcast onContinue Reading
The Battle Of Mosul Becomes Wartainment
The ongoing military contest for the city of Mosul, the formerly populous town in northern Iraq held by the Islamic State since 2014,Continue Reading
When It Comes To The Irish Language Saoradh Looks to Éirígí For Inspiration
Saoradh, the self-styled “Revolutionary Irish Republican Party”, has published the organisation’s constitution on its Facebook Page (though not on itsContinue Reading
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Stories Of Beren and Lúthien
Over thirty years have passed since a weary reviewer equated the third book of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “History of Middle-earth“, a twelve volume compendium edited by hisContinue Reading
The Othering Of The Irish Language And Those Who Speak It
Ursula Ní Shabhaois, writing on her blog “Ag Smaoineamh Os Ard“, reiterates a point that many choose to overlook: the linguistic andContinue Reading
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Casts A Cold Eye On The Irish-British Peace Process
The Irish political activist, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, giving us a reminder of why she was such a powerful voice in the early yearsContinue Reading
Micheál Martin, Fianna Fáil’s Cold War Warrior
So I’ve just discovered that at some stage during the day, between going to work this morning and returning home this evening, the island of Ireland was hurtled backContinue Reading
Stop And Search Policing, Collective Punishment For Minority Communities
During a number of recent speeches the presidential nominee for the Republican Party in the United States, ex-real estate mogul DonaldContinue Reading
Ben Carson Demands That Woman Journalist Is Silenced While Defending Trump
There was an extraordinary exchange between the former Republican Party presidential hopeful, Ben Carson, and the British journalist, Katty Kay, during anContinue Reading
The Battle of Hastings And The Irish Exile Of The English Princes
Today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, the military contest in the autumn of 1066 which saw England and itsContinue Reading
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