The North-East Of Ireland: Convergence
The Irish blogger “Endgame In Ulster” asks why is the political establishment of the British Unionist community in the north-eastContinue Reading
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Facing Down The Randinistas
Here is a statement I suspect a significant number of Ireland’s citizenry would agree with. Most Irish economists are capitalistContinue Reading
The Syrian Weapons Bazaar
The military blog of the New York Times, “At War”, has maintained some excellent coverage of the complex conflict inContinue Reading
Blog Awards Ireland 2013 Nominee
Just to let you know that An Sionnach Fionn has been nominated for two categories in this year’s Blog AwardsContinue Reading
Big Think: The Repartition Of Ireland
Big Think is one of my favourite websites dedicated to, well, big thinking. It deals with all sorts of ideasContinue Reading
Undoing The Conquest, Renewing The Struggle
I’ve been asked to highlight an upcoming seminar titled “Undoing The Conquest, Renewing The Struggle” from the Peadar O’Donnell SocialistContinue Reading
Ian O’Doherty – The Answer To A Question Nobody Asked
The latest noxious brain-fart from the Daily Mail wannabe in today’s Irish Independent newspaper: “Despite RTÉ’s incessant efforts to makeContinue Reading
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Steampunk In Ireland
Because there is far too little Steampunk in Ireland, here are some links: Steampunk Collective Ireland Steampunk Ireland The JosieContinue Reading
The United Front Of Unionism
The Reverend Mervyn Gibson, a senior member of the anti-Catholic British and Protestant society known as the Orange Order, hasContinue Reading
Scottish Voters Split On Independence Question
The Panelbase voter questionnaire commissioned by Wings Over Scotland has thrown a spanner in the works of the usual mediaContinue Reading
Britain First – Ein Volk, Ein Reich!
The Protestant Coalition, that fundamentalist bastion of British and Protestant militancy, isn’t just worried about uppity Papists and Paddies inContinue Reading
Republican Parades, Unionist Violence
So the big Anti-Interment parade went ahead in Belfast on Saturday commemorating the 1971 introduction by the British state ofContinue Reading
We Didn’t Start The Riot – King Billy Joel
From Loyalists Against Democracy.
Burning Flags Is Not Our Culture
The anniversary of the 1971 imposition of internment or imprisonment without trial in the British Occupied North of Ireland isContinue Reading
Male Writers, Female Characters
Talking of online kerfuffles here is another example, albeit of rather less significance than the one discussed earlier. British sci-fi writerContinue Reading
The Irish News Making The News
I’m as susceptible to following a good online row as any other Seán or Síle Citizen, though in the caseContinue Reading
Parti Québécois, Power For Power’s Sake?
Hard to disagree with this description of the Parti Québécois by Jean-Martin Aussant, former PQ politician and disillusioned ex-leader ofContinue Reading
British Separatist Mob Attack Lord Mayor Of Belfast
So Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, a democratically elected local government councillor and the new mayor of the city of Belfast, visitsContinue Reading
Ruth Patterson – Lady Uniban
In relation to Bangordub’s dismissal of the ludicrous claims by some British Unionists in Ireland of the non-violent nature ofContinue Reading
Monsters From The Id
A sobering and very personal reminder from Bock the Robber of the beast that lies at the core of thatContinue Reading
Back With A Bang, Not A Whimper
A busy few days occupied with the internal workings of PCs and TVs (not to mention some hill-walking thrown inContinue Reading
Loyalists Against Democracy – Now Blogging!
After being (temporarily) ejected from Facebook – by mistake claims FB’s infamously wayward administrators – the satirical protest group,Continue Reading
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