Abair Leat!
A new online Irish language social network, Abair Leat!, is to be launched (actually relaunched) in 2012 and is currently going throughContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
British Minority To Irish Majority: Your Language Is Foreign Gobbledegook
Last week the DUP leader and Joint First Minister Peter Robinson made an “outreach” at his party conference to RomanContinue Reading
Special Educational Needs And Gaelscoileanna
It is widely recognised that some of the best educational services in Ireland for children with Special Needs is throughContinue Reading
We Are 42%
Another image borrowed from the Occupy movement with another Irish spin. More of the original images are available from libcom.org and occupypocatello.org. The 42% ofContinue Reading
Tá An Réabhlóid Ag Teacht!
Inspired by the images emerging from the Occupy movement here are some more adaptations of my own, this time in the styleContinue Reading
Bella, Joan And Me
Last week I wrote a piece criticising some of the points made by the Scottish journalist and SNP politician Joan McAlpine inContinue Reading
180 New IT Jobs Announced In Ireland. But Who Are They Going To?
Good news on the jobs front from RTÉ: “180 new jobs have been announced by Version 1, an IT consultingContinue Reading
The Contrasting Fortunes Of Gaelic Scotland And Gaelic Ireland
Scotland is to create its first Scottish-speaking museum, one primarily dedicated to its native language and culture. From Culture24: “The firstContinue Reading
Cearta Teanga, Cearta Daonna – Draft Poster
There are some striking images emerging from the Occupy movements in the United States and Spain, particularly the comic and manga-inspired illustrationsContinue Reading
Go Lassie Go, Getting It Wrong
The Scottish journalist and SNP politician Joan McAlpine is someone I have enormous respect for. She has worked tirelessly forContinue Reading
When Policemen Want To Commemorate A Police State Its Time To Worry…
I’m really thinking of setting up a regular “Only In Ireland” series here at An Sionnach Fionn, just so IContinue Reading
Basque And Catalan Nationalists The Real Victors In The Spanish General Election
With the results from the Spanish general election now in it seems that the opposition centre-right Partido Popular (PP) has achieved theContinue Reading
Sábháil Ár dTeanga
The outrage sparked by the Fine Gael-Labour government’s controversial decision to abolish the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga continues to grow.Continue Reading
Agóid Tobstailce @ Dáil Éireann
Some photos of the student demonstration held outside Dáil Éireann yesterday evening, a couple of hours after the shock government announcement of the abolishment of the officeContinue Reading
We’re All Speaking German Now – Apparently
So who’s in charge? That’s the big question on everyone’s lips as the latest demonstration of the emasculation of Ireland’s nationhood plays out in the media.Continue Reading
Irish Rights Are Civil Rights!
Some more reactions to the announcement today by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government that the office of An Coimisinéir Teanga, the Language Commissioner,Continue Reading
Second Class Citizens With Second Class Rights
Two weeks ago I predicted that the Fine Gael led coalition government would use a review of the Official Languages Act of 2003 to reverse aContinue Reading
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
You thought things were bad? Think again. Things are really bad. Michael Taft cuts through the (admittedly half-hearted) government spin to present our economic situation asContinue Reading
Deutschland Über Europa
Ah, poor old Saor Éire. It was nice while it lasted. Ireland’s freedom and democracy? What’s that to the rulers of theContinue Reading
The Book Smugglers. Ireland, Lithuania, And The Freedom Of Language
One of the most interesting, and thought-provoking, Irish language documentaries of recent years will be screened at a film festivalContinue Reading
Scary Éire?
In the debate over the relative values of the Irish and English languages in contemporary Ireland one of the argumentsContinue Reading
Ireland – The Mentality Of A Slave
I’ve written before about the power of the Anglophone community in Ireland and no better case proves that point than theContinue Reading
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