The Fresh Start Panel Report, Just More Of The Same
Remember the political and media outrage created last September by the murder of petty criminal, Kevin McGuigan, at his home in Belfast? His assassination wasContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
IMF Report Questions The Economics Of Neoliberalism
The publication of a study by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) criticising certain aspects of neoliberalism has led to a lotContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn’s Vice News Documentary
The left-wing British politician, Jeremy Corbyn, recently gave Vice News behind the scenes access to his embattled leadership of the UK LabourContinue Reading
Kincora, Whitewashing The Secret History Of Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
With informed observers, including lawyers, journalists and politicians, already predicting a whitewash there seems little hope that Britain is ready to faceContinue Reading
A Patten Report For A Reformed Garda Síochána
In relation to the latest evidence of malpractice within the ranks of An Garda Síochána, one cannot but help feelContinue Reading
High Rise Dublin Or Stupid Knows Stupid
Speaking of inferiority complexes or falsely equating anything “foreign” with modernity, here is more of the same in the Comments’ section under aContinue Reading
#IrishSpeakersMatter
Irish Times opinion-writer and occasional poet, Rosita Boland, giving the legacy of colonialism on this island nation a respectable, modern face through the pages ofContinue Reading
An Irish Argument For Brexit
Brexit, potentially bad for the Twenty-Six and Six Counties in the short term, potentially good for the Thirty-Two Counties inContinue Reading
Renua – The Independent News And Media Party
Here we go again! Ireland’s right-wing media cartel, Independent News and Media, is beating the drums for its pet cause with renewed vigour:Continue Reading
Who Won The Irish-British Troubles?
“It is not those who can inflict the most, but those who can suffer the most who will conquer.” Irish Republican motto* WelcomeContinue Reading
Hulk Hogan, Gawker, Peter Thiel And A Whole Lot Of Money
You may have come upon the name of Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley billionaire and one of the creators of PayPal, in a previousContinue Reading
RTÉ’s Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous
During the height of the post-Celtic Tiger economic collapse I remember driving from Malahide to Howth, two middle-ranking suburbs in north countyContinue Reading
The Dublin And Monaghan Bombings And The Apologist Agenda
On the afternoon of the 17th of May, 1974, as rush-hour commuters made their way through Dublin’s city-centre, three car-bombs explodedContinue Reading
School Teaching Through Irish To Be Housed – And It Only Took 22 Years
Irish is the indigenous language of the island nation of Ireland. Irish is the national and first official language of theContinue Reading
In Our Forests, Like Our Language, Lies Our True Wealth
When the first Neolithic families migrated to Ireland around 4000 BCE they found an island that was overwhelmingly forested, with at least 80% tree cover.Continue Reading
Donald J. Trump, A Clinton Supporter With A Grudge?
Reading back over the publicly expressed opinions of Donald J. Trump in the 1990s and early 2000s, one is struckContinue Reading
The 20 Year Strategy For The Irish Language, Year 6
From the “Programme for a Partnership Government“, the recently published agreement underpinning the right-wing minority administration of Fine Gael and various independentContinue Reading
They Are Not British Terrorists, They Are British Paramilitaries
The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is the largest British terrorist organisation in Ireland. From its establishment in 1971 to aContinue Reading
Taking The British Gun Out Of Irish Politics
For several hundred years the British, in one form or another, have been violently attempting to occupy and annex theContinue Reading
Irish National And Regional Elections, The Dark Before The Dawn?
There seems to be a fair degree of pessimism surrounding the outcomes of the recent national and regional elections, one resultingContinue Reading
All Hail Our New Fine Fáil Overlords! All Hail The Continuity State!
I abase myself before the might of the Establishment! From the Guardian: “Enda Kenny has been re-elected as prime ministerContinue Reading
Irish Slaves In The Americas And The Modern Myth Of White Slavery
When one thinks of Irish slaves, one imagines the history of slavery in Ireland during the pre-Christian and early Medieval periods.Continue Reading
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