Coalition Loyalists Are Rewarded While Protesters Are Imprisoned
In the first half of 2011 Enda Kenny’s self-proclaimed “democratic revolution” brought his centre-right Fine Gael party to power inContinue Reading
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Unleash The Dogs Of Policing
Is it safe to comment on political matters in contemporary Ireland if one lacks the fig-leaf protection that comes withContinue Reading
Respecting The Dead And The Living
The Battle of the Short Strand is widely regarded as one of the seminal events in the long history of theContinue Reading
Kincora Boys Home, The Scandal Britain Can’t Bury
The Kincora Boys’ Home scandal represents one of the darker aspects of Britain’s counter-insurgency war in Ireland during the lateContinue Reading
Old Gods In New Settings
Here’s an article from Vice magazine on the Ásatrúarfélagið movement in Iceland that I meant to highlight a few weeksContinue Reading
Leo Dowling 08.01.1923
The background to the execution by firing squad of Leo Dowling, carried out by the Irish Free State regime inContinue Reading
Star Wars Versus Star Trek Epic Trailer
I’m not a huge fan of either “franchise”, however would I watch this? Damn sure I would! 😉
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Celtic Cosmology, Perspectives from Ireland and Scotland
Over the last two decades relatively few studies have been published analysing the cosmological traditions of the Celtic-speaking peoples, atContinue Reading
All-Ireland Majority Support For Irish Language State Services
A new all-Ireland poll has found that majorities both nationally and regionally support the provision of public services in theContinue Reading
25000 Protest Galician Language Rights
A short post to note last Sunday’s demonstration in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the Iberian region of Galicia,Continue Reading
It Seems That Bigotry Unites As Well As Divides
Continuing with the controversies that have arisen in the eastern Scottish region of Fife where British nationalist politicians from the main UnionistContinue Reading
Putting The Irish Language Down
For the last three years I have argued that when it comes to the linguistic and cultural rights of theContinue Reading
The Walking Gaels, Not So Dead After All
The anglophone supremacists who influence so much of Ireland’s ideologically incestuous news media insist that Irish is a “dead language”. No one, they confidently assert, speaks, reads orContinue Reading
The English Empire Strikes Back In Scotland
Following on from yesterday’s post examining press reports that Dundee City Council had agreed to reverse efforts to place the EnglishContinue Reading
The United Languages Of Europe
Contrast and compare these stories from Scotland on the Scottish (Gaelic) language. First up, from the Courier: “Ambitious plans toContinue Reading
Partition Is Wrong In Ukraine But Right In Ireland?
Apparently ethno-religious separatists carving off regions of clearly defined national territories through violence and the threat of violence, withContinue Reading
The United States’ Perpetual Groundhog Day
The team at Tom’s Dispatch have done another excellent job of highlighting the seemingly perpetual nature of the United States’ military misadventures in theContinue Reading
Belfast’s Fianna Éireann During The Irish Revolution
Due to the baleful influence of the Neo-Unionist lobby in the Dublin press corps since the 1970s popular culture inContinue Reading
Yes To Equality
There are many fair and progressive reasons to vote yes in the expected referendum on marriage equality later this yearContinue Reading
The Monster Raving Loony Unionist Party
In the second decade of the 21st century the British people as a whole have little interest and even lessContinue Reading
The Most Fucked Up Little Country In the World
How do you eliminate institutional discrimination against a minority community when public servants from an apathetic majority community dominate nearly all government departmentsContinue Reading
Not All Islamic States Are Equal
There are two quasi-medieval Islamic states in the Middle East making the headlines at the moment. Both have fairly similar initial histories andContinue Reading
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