A Tale Of Two Irelands
A depressing report in the Irish Times: ‘THE LONG-RUNNING controversy over what to call the popular Co Kerry tourist destination known variouslyContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Ireland – The First And Last Of The Pax Britannica
It has been said that for the British Ireland was too close to to be ignored but too far awayContinue Reading
Progressive Nationalism, Secularism And Québec
Some interesting views in an article from the Canadian Globe and Mail on the relationship between progressive nationalism and secularism as itContinue Reading
One Step At A Time – The Belfast Agreement And Beyond
Now that the dust has settled an examination of the news reports issued over the last three days reveals justContinue Reading
Ireland Unfree Shall Never Be At Peace?
Well, apologies to all those who’ve contacted me over the last few days in relation to the street clashes inContinue Reading
FG Says No To Pat Cox – Along With The Rest Of Ireland
Some fairly good news today as Fine Gael plumps for Gay Mitchell as their favoured presidential candidate over arch-Europhile and Eurocrat par excellence Pat Cox.Continue Reading
News of the World Goes Down – Dragging News International With It?
Great discussion over on the Guardian’s Media Talk page, with a podcast featuring Alan Rusbridger, Nick Davies, Roy Greenslade and Janine Gibson, including: ‘*Continue Reading
No Room For The Irish At The American Tea Party
I recently wrote about the new forms of anti-Irish propaganda circulating amongst right wing circles in the United States whichContinue Reading
Senator Dave, Deputy Mick, And The Native Tongue
With some interesting results in recent polls on the likely candidates for the Presidential election, I again return to theContinue Reading
Named And Shamed – Discrimination In Ireland
In a highly unusual move a number of breaches of the Official Languages Act of 2003 by two state bodiesContinue Reading
The Isle Of Man – Not Quiet A Colony, Not Quiet A Nation
I’m disappointed to see that the committee set up by the Tynwald (the Manx parliament) to review the TV licenceContinue Reading
Greater England Sends A Message To Scotland
Hold onto your hats, things are about to get hairy! The latest poll on Scottish independence, being played up bigContinue Reading
Temple Bar, Chinatown – And An Ceathrú Gaeltachta?
Temple Bar is Dublin’s much vaunted ‘cultural quarter’ an area of the city centre designated for writers, poets, artists, galleries andContinue Reading
George Bernard Shaw, Glenn Beck And The Ignorance Of The American Right
Interesting piece in the Canadian Globe and Mail on our very own George Bernard Shaw, playwright and raconteur par excellance, and American demagogue and rightContinue Reading
Belfast Erupts – Irish Families Besieged By British Unionist Mobs Again
East Belfast’s Nationalist enclave of the Short Strand has come under attack again from British Unionist mobs. Two weeks ago Unionist gangs several hundred strongContinue Reading
British Labour Party Majority Halved – SNP Vote Doubled – British Media Proclaim Labour Victory… Huh?!
I’m still trying not to laugh as the British Labour Party (and much of the British establishment press) eulogisesContinue Reading
David Dunseith – Síocháin Shíorai Duit
It is with deep sadness that I note the death of the Irish journalist and radio broadcaster David Dunseith, after a period of ill-health. Dunseith,Continue Reading
Labour Declares Victory In Scottish By-Election – By Loosing 9000 Votes
Today the British Labour Party declared a fightback against the SNP in the contest for political dominance in Scotland after a narrowContinue Reading
Know-Nothings – The American Right And The New Anti-Irishness
This week, under the thrilling headline question ‘Why Is Ireland Such a Bastion of Anti-Israel Feeling?’, long-standing Atlantic columnist (andContinue Reading
Porcus ex grege diaboli (via Splintered Sunrise)
Splintered Sunrise is undoubtedly one of the most interesting, well informed, and at times enjoyably cynical Irish politics and currentContinue Reading
Time For DotÉire?
News that the campaign in Scotland to obtain a new Top Level Domain (TLD) for Scottish online web addresses isContinue Reading
The Beast In The East
An interesting piece from journalist Henry McDonald in the Guardian on the recent attacks by Unionist paramilitaries on the beleaguered Nationalist enclave of the Short Strand: ‘…for the residentsContinue Reading
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