Former US Intelligence Director Regrets Iraq War
The German news and current affairs magazine Der Spiegel has an informative and surprisingly forthright interview with Michael Flynn, the former director of the DefenseContinue Reading
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Peter Capaldi Finds His Doctor Who
I must admit to being fairly critical of Peter Capaldi’s work in the British sci-fi series Doctor Who – havingContinue Reading
In Wales, They Speak Welsh, So Get Over It!
The small village of Cynwyd in the narrow, oblong county of Denbighshire, in the north-east of Wales, has a population of less than 600 men,Continue Reading
Celtic-Speaking Communities Of Britain Denied Funding
While most eyes and ears were focused on the headline-grabbing announcements in the November budgetary review by the UK’s aristocratic finance minister, George Osborne, moreContinue Reading
Irish Folk Band, Lynched
I’ve been meaning to write something about the ridiculously talented Irish folk group, Lynched, for some time; fortunately Britain’s GuardianContinue Reading
Exploring The Genre Frontier In Joss Whedon’s 2005 Movie Serenity
I have a great deal of affection for Joss Whedon’s prematurely ended science-fiction series, “Firefly”, which aired on Fox TelevisionContinue Reading
Irish Neutrality Versus The Anti-Islamist Armchair Generals
A bleak headline from a story in the Irish Independent, reporting the words of the Fine Gael minister of justice, FrancesContinue Reading
The Farcical Wikipedia Entry On The Islamic Real IRA
However praiseworthy the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia may be for its free dissemination of knowledge to the users of the internetContinue Reading
Reunited Ireland Could Generate €35.6 Billion Boost For National GDP
Don’t expect the rest of the national or regional news media in Ireland to highlight this study on the positive economic implicationsContinue Reading
Peter Robinson To ‘Fine Fáil’ To A South-County Dublin Housewife
Interesting times in Irish politics. The north-east is to see the departure of veteran DUP leader Peter Robinson, the firstContinue Reading
Kelly Sue DeConnick Interview With The DB
A quick post to note this Daily Beast interview with Kelly Sue DeConnick, one of the more interesting figures working in comics today.Continue Reading
Stormont’s Fresh Start Repackages Stale Goods
So the governments of Ireland and Britain, in consultation with the members of the cross-party regional administration in Belfast, have announced the ratherContinue Reading
Begging For Permission To Be Irish In Ireland
The majority of the population of the island of Ireland can only be Irish when the minority of the population who do not regardContinue Reading
Whacking Jihadi John For The Pure Pleasure Of It
So this is the reaction of the “West” to the rise of the Islamic State and the growing conflict inContinue Reading
Britain’s Bloody Sunday Deniers
On the afternoon of Sunday the 30th of January 1972 soldiers from the British Parachute Regiment, one of the more fearsomeContinue Reading
Barricades Around The Winter Palace Of A Dying Coalition
The controversial Fine Gael TD, Catherine Byrne, has a brief exchange of words with a member of the general public visiting DáilContinue Reading
1916 Is Over And The Good Guys Won
Every year, on the 11th of November, hundreds of far right and neo-fascist campaigners in France, including the former leader of the Front national,Continue Reading
Threats, Intimidation And Absences In The Seanad Election
As stated in a previous post, I have largely avoided commenting upon the complex Maíria Cahill controversy, due in noContinue Reading
The Christian Republic Of America – Vampires, Cannibals And Executing Gays
Political and religious extremes exist in all countries, and right-wing theocratic-tinged populism has become a powerful force in a numberContinue Reading
Ralph Bakshi Interview With Salon
Salon has a short interview with the cult animator, Ralph Bakshi, who among other things produced a decidedly dark version ofContinue Reading
The RTÉ And BBC NI United Ireland Survey
What you won’t see reported in the Irish and British news media on the RTÉ/BBC NI poll examining the general public’sContinue Reading
Political Policing Targets The People’s Representatives
So Paul Murphy TD and Joan Collins TD, members of Dáil Éireann or the lower house of the Irish legislature,Continue Reading
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