A Tale Of Two Languages
Kate Fennell in the Irish Times examining the Basque Country and the successful struggle for language rights in that IberianContinue Reading
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Ireland’s British Rebels
Once again it takes an Irish journalist working in a foreign newspaper to write what the Irish press would neverContinue Reading
Existential Angst From John Waters
John Waters, journalist, newspaper columnist, philosopher-at-large and general man-about-town, has given an angry interview to the Irish Independent complaining aboutContinue Reading
Five Thousand March For Irish Rights In Belfast
Last Saturday up to five thousand people took part in An Lá Dearg i mBéal Feirste, a march through theContinue Reading
The Forge In The Forest, Ian Miller
Ian Miller is a British artist whose distinctive, sometimes surreal style will be familiar to many readers of Fantasy andContinue Reading
Generation Shame
One of the great puzzles of modern Ireland, and certainly an endless source of fascination for foreign observers ofContinue Reading
An Lá Dearg I mBéal Feirste
Following on from the mass demonstration held in Dublin eight weeks ago during which 10,000 people marched across the capitalContinue Reading
Europe’s Democratic Tide
Quick post to highlight a couple of interesting articles touching upon Scotland’s independence campaign, the first from Conn Hallinan atContinue Reading
Cárta Dearg do Gheansaithe CLG ag UU?
Originally posted on Tuairisceoir an Dúin:
Iarracht ar bun cosc a chur ar gheansaithe CLG in Ollscoil Uladh. Tá Ollscoil Uladh ag déanamh…
Arrested For Speaking Irish In Europe’s Darkest Corner
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, is on an official state visit to Britain, the first by an IrishContinue Reading
The Forces Of Darkness Gather
There is truly nothing more astonishing in this world than a British nationalist politician who is completely oblivious of his ownContinue Reading
Thank you, Margo
Originally posted on Wee Ginger Dug:
Margo MacDonald was a rare and precious gift, a politician who was warm, likeable, truthful and…
Negationists Ahoy!
So that tired old spy/informer/traitor of yore, Seán O’Callaghan, is back peddling his same tired old “analyses” of political andContinue Reading
Saving The Language Commissioner
It’s been a hard struggle, and a long one, but the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government has finally succumbed to publicContinue Reading
Norman Baxter? Who’s Norman Baxter? Oh Right, That Norman Baxter!
Originally posted on The Broken Elbow:
That one-man argument for the disbanding of the RUC, Norman Baxter emerged from his Afghan hideout…
No Aboriginal Culture In Trinity College, Please!
Sir John Pentland Mahaffy GBE CVO, the late 19th and early 20th century Anglo-Irish classicist, was one of the mostContinue Reading
The PSNI & The Ivor Bell Case: Some Thoughts On Motives And Consequences
Originally posted on The Broken Elbow:
As I post this article reports are coming in from Belfast that the 56-year-old man arrested…
Britain’s Very Own Own Crimea In Ireland
Military jeeps driven by masked men wearing combat fatigues drive through the darkened streets of a city while hysterical crowdsContinue Reading
Gabriel Rosenstock, Margadh Na Míol In Valparaíso
Would I be right in suggesting that Gabriel Rosenstock and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill are probably the two greatest living IrishContinue Reading
Béal Feirste le bheith Dearg le Fearg
Originally posted on Tuairisceoir an Dúin:
Pobal na Gaeilge ó thuaidh le léirsiú ar son a gcuid cearta Níl amhras ar bith…
Time For Truth, An Fhírinne Anois
With thanks to the Mirror, a powerful video from the Irish victims support organisation “Relatives for Justice” which campaigns for truthContinue Reading
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