John Redmond And The Politics Of The Grave
A quick post to highlight John Dorney’s still excellent 2012 article on the Irish Story examining the by now annual controversiesContinue Reading
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Responses To The Metro Herald “Nazis” Letter
Following on from my criticism of the Dublin-based newspaper, the Metro Herald, for publishing a letter from a correspondent stylingContinue Reading
A Sign Of The Times – An Ireland Of Equals
There’s news that the National Roads Authority is to consider (and only consider, mind you) a proposal backed by LeoContinue Reading
Ireland’s Jewish Revolutionaries
The always fascinating Dublin history and culture blog Come Here To Me has another excellent article on the capital’s recentContinue Reading
Metro Herald Letter: Irish-Speakers Are “Nazis”
The Metro Herald is a free newspaper published in Ireland with both print and electronic editions, and distributed principally inContinue Reading
If It Is Good Enough For Canada
Justin Trudeau is probably the nearest thing Canadians have to some home-grown royalty of their own (as opposed to theContinue Reading
The Anglophone Machine – The Systemic Failure To Teach Irish
The Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn has launched the Chief Inspector’s Report on quality and standards in primaryContinue Reading
British Unionism In Ireland – Anyone But The Irish!
Lord Megabucks Kilclooney, also known as former Ulster Unionist Party bigwig John Taylor, has jumped once again feet first intoContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are A Civil Right
On the back of the announcement by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government that it is to further degrade the roleContinue Reading
Sowing A Gaelic Storm
Following the shock decision by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government to further impede the provision of public services to Irish-speakingContinue Reading
Britain’s Armed Shame
In Ireland the British separatist terrorists of the state-controlled UVF faction pose for the cameras Some time ago I publishedContinue Reading
Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh
A pale yellow sun has sunk below the grey horizon here in Baile Átha Cliath and the Feis Shamhna isContinue Reading
Monocultural Ireland – Conform Or Die
After sunset this evening we will officially be in the period of the Feis Shamhna, the Festival of Samhain, fromContinue Reading
Faraway Revolutions Always Seem Greener
I like and admire Uachtarán an hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins. I actually voted for him (well, he was my secondContinue Reading
All Life Is Not Equal
The editorial of today’s Belfast Telegraph, a British Unionist newspaper, issues a cri de coeur in defence of the British ForcesContinue Reading
Before You Learn To Kill You Have To Learn To Hate
From Aodh Ó Rathaille Hugh Reilly in the Scotsman newspaper: “In sooth, if a language fails to move with the timesContinue Reading
Gaels United
From “Driving A Wedge Within Gaeldom”, an article on the post-Medieval history of Ireland and Scotland featured in the magazineContinue Reading
Eurocracy – The ECB’s Billion Euro Palace
From Der Spiegel: “Rain was falling on Frankfurt’s Ostend neighborhood as financial managers and local officials drove past dark cornerContinue Reading
Scottish Independence, 35% Yes, 43% No
The latest Panelbase poll from Wings Over Scotland, the headline figures say it all: Should Scotland Be An Independent Country? Continue Reading
British Soldiers, Nazi Salutes – The Story We Had First
The newspapers in Britain are currently debating the significance of images from the conflict in Afghanistan showing serving British soldiersContinue Reading
The Truth About Ireland’s British Troubles
Over the last two years I have highlighted on this website a number of key facts from the mountain of evidenceContinue Reading
Whose Europe Is It Anyway?
When political and media leaders in Germany complain about the suspicion and apprehension their country is now greeted with inContinue Reading
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