Europe Lays Down The Law To Britain Over Future Peace And Prosperity In Ireland
It seems that the patience of the European Union with the prevarications of the United Kingdom over the post-Brexit futureContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Extra.ie, The Daily Mail Offshoot In Ireland No One Has Heard Of
It’s been a year since the flashy Buzzfeed-style website, Extra.ie, was launched on the internet market in Ireland by DMG Media,Continue Reading
The Atlantic Magazine Ends Online Comments In A Retrograde Step
On the 2nd of February the American current affairs website, The Atlantic, announced that it was closing down its Disqus-basedContinue Reading
The Public Services Card Has Cost €60 Million And Saved Less Than €2 Million
The Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, which was established in the Oireachtas late last year, has held itsContinue Reading
DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr. Urges No Surrender To The EU In The UK Parliament
For over a century the rallying cry of “No Surrender!” has been a feature of British separatist politics and violenceContinue Reading
London’s Brexit Chaos Will Create A “Cold Split” Between The UK And The EU
It’s difficult to escape the conclusion that whatever agreements are made between now and the 29th of March 2019, theContinue Reading
Ex-UUP MP Danny Kinahan Has The Most Enthusiastic Wikipedia Entry Of Any Irish Politician
Like many observers, I was less than impressed with the mediocre leadership record of Alasdair McDonnell, the former South Belfast MPContinue Reading
Targeting Civilians: Settlers, Human Shields, And The Wars In Algeria And Ireland
The Nation has published a review of Zohra Drif’s acclaimed autobiography, Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a WomanContinue Reading
The Threatened Gerrymandering Of Elections In The North Of Ireland
In September 2016, the United Kingdom’s local non-partisan Boundary Commission released its preliminary proposals for the creation of seventeen newContinue Reading
The Vietnam War And The War On Terror
An article for the current affairs website TomDispatch by Danny Sjursen, a serving officer in the United States Armed Forces andContinue Reading
Éistigí, The Youth Wing Of Saoradh
Éistigí or “Listen”*, is the teenage wing of the minor Irish republican party, Saoradh. It sometimes uses the sobriquet RepublicanContinue Reading
Michael Wolff Discusses The Trump Administration With Jonathan Capehart
Michael Wolff ‘s detailed exposé of the US presidency, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, has received plentyContinue Reading
Sue Gray, Powerful But Highly Secretive British Civil Servant Transfers From London To Belfast
Who runs the United Kingdom? Is it the country’s democratically elected government or is it the nation’s labyrinthine civil service,Continue Reading
Óglaigh na hÉireann Suspends Armed Actions
A radical change in strategy by Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓnaÉ), the small insurgent group active in the United Kingdom’s legacyContinue Reading
Turkish Military Helicopter Dodges Kurdish ATGW Missile Attack
A very narrow escape for a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during recent border clashes between the interventionist Turkish military andContinue Reading
Sammy Wilson Calls Leo Varadkar A Nutjob As The DUP Lobbies For Gerrymandering
Despite the claims made by her sympathisers in the Irish and British press, it’s become clear that last weekend’s seeminglyContinue Reading
The Improvised Drone Attacks On Khmeimim And Tartus, Russian Military Bases In Syria
If one accepts the official statement by the Kremlin – and a great deal of online speculation – the 5th-6thContinue Reading
Arlene Foster’s Moderate Speech, Barry McElduff’s Idiotic Tweet, And The Atrocious Kingsmill Massacre
It says much for the extreme and unforgiving nature of mainstream unionism or British separatist politics on this island, thatContinue Reading
Educational Isolationism With Nord Anglia, Ireland’s Newest Private School
I spent much of my childhood attending private, fee-paying schools in the leafy – or sandy – suburbs of northContinue Reading
From James Brokenshire To Karen Bradley, Another Forgettable Colonial Governor
So another British Secretary of State has returned to the United Kingdom for the final time after a short reignContinue Reading
Presidential Adviser Stephen Miller Declares Trump A Political Genius As CNN Cuts Bizarre Interview Short
Of the many sycophants and flatterers surrounding Donald J Trump, none is more egregious in language and nature than the seniorContinue Reading
Fake News? The Christmas Box PR Kit, Written By The Scottish Labour Party, Printed By The Scottish Press
All industries have their little trade secrets, methods of production they would prefer to keep under wraps, and the newsContinue Reading
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