The British Separatist Minority In Ireland. Or How To Use Political Violence And Get Away With It
Jude Collins is one of my favourite Irish bloggers, an author and journalist with a seemingly indefatigable supply of opinionsContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
A “Sunningdale For Slow Learners”. From 1923
The Irish Election Literature blog carries a fascinating Sinn Féin general election manifesto from 1923, with an opening paragraph focusing on “Justice andContinue Reading
“It Would Be Better If I Didn’t Exist…” Special Needs Children In The Irish Education System
The Cedar Lounge Revolution carries a very personal article on the worsening situation for children with special needs, and their parents and carers, in ourContinue Reading
Cúla Caint – The New TG4 App For Kids
In some related Irish language news The Journal carries a report on a new children’s application, Cúla Caint, from TG4:Continue Reading
Oireachtas na Samhna
The Irish Times carries a very personal report celebrating the weekend’s Oireachtas na Samhna, the annual Irish language and culture festival, this year heldContinue Reading
There’s No Éire In Ireland!
Here comes trouble. Many months ago I predicted that Fine Gael in government, in line with its current anti-Irish stance,Continue Reading
Opposition To Irish – It’s A Tribal Thing
A few days I wrote ago about the judgement by a British court in the North of Ireland ruling thatContinue Reading
A Good Sign For The Future
In more news on the growing acceptance and respect in Scotland for its native language, the Scotsman reports onContinue Reading
The Right To Talk – The Right To Teach
Talking of indigenous languages and education, while in Ireland our political parties make the right noises while purposely doing noneContinue Reading
The Truth About Irish
The policies of all political parties in Ireland on the issue of the Irish language are bullshit. Complete and utter.Continue Reading
Dissecting Empire – Richard Gott
In the Guardian journalist and writer Richard Gott examines the revived nationalist ideology of the British Empire as the world’s onlyContinue Reading
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil – The Irish News Media And The Sam Smyth Scandal
As many regular readers may know (you are there, aren’t you?) I frequently bang on about the inequities of theContinue Reading
One Race But Three Victors
Well its all over bar the shouting (or gnashing of teeth) and three clear victors have emerged from the electionContinue Reading
Enter Bagman
The damage delivered to Seán Gallagher’s presidential ambitions as a result of the revelations on RTÉ’s Frontline Presidential Debate is continuing to send disruptiveContinue Reading
Irish Pigs In The Daily Mail
British journo Ian Birrell carries a lengthy rant against Martin McGuinness in the “Right Minds” section of the Daily Mail, aContinue Reading
From The People Who Brought You The IMF And The ECB – President Gallagher
Well, we’re in the final stretch of the race for Áras in Uachtaráin and it is claimed that the great Irish public, or at leastContinue Reading
Not One Small Victory But Three
Some days it is nice to be reminded that the Gaelic languages are not just national languages, but internationalContinue Reading
An Chatalóin – Catalonia, That Other Iberian Struggle
With all the focus on the Basque Country over the last week it has been easy to forget that otherContinue Reading
ETA Declares “Cessation Of Its Armed Activity”
The headlines carry the news of the much anticipated declaration of a permanent end to all military operations by ETA,Continue Reading
Anglophone Intolerance Speaks The Same Language – In Scotland Or Ireland
Just in case you thought it was safe to speak the Scottish language in Scotland along comes journalist Gina Davidson withContinue Reading
Hail To Nova Scotia
Interesting news in the Scotsman highlighting the international dimension that is increasingly important to the two main Gaelic languages, IrishContinue Reading
Seán Gallagher And Health Rights USA
I wrote a substantial piece earlier dealing with the Fianna Fáil background of the “Independent” presidential candidate Seán Gallagher, a background which dates to the earlyContinue Reading
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