Category: Current Affairs
CNBC Republican Presidential Debate 2015
Having spent the night prostituting my labour to the service of others (no, not like that!) I didn’t get too muchContinue Reading
The Unmaking Of Ireland
Back in April the National Geographic magazine attempted to explain to its horrified readers the seemingly inexplicable rationale behind the Islamic State’s fanaticalContinue Reading
The Long Shadow Of The Human Proxy Bomb
In the early hours of the 24th of October 1990 several volunteers of the Derry Brigade of the (Provisional) Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
Report On British And Irish Paramilitary Groupings Contains No Surprises
In response to the very selective quoting of the British government’s “independent” assessment of the current status of various paramilitary formations in theContinue Reading
SNL On The CNN Democratic Debate
Following on from the big CNN debate between the presidential candidates for the Democratic Party in the United States – whichContinue Reading
The Green Scare Or The Indo’s Greens Under The Bed Paranoia
“Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?” For many people this infamous question immediatelyContinue Reading
The Answer To Gun Violence Is Not More Guns
Yet again it takes a murder, and one with quasi-political overtones in the eyes of some exploitative journalists, before politicians and theContinue Reading
A Delirium Of Political Vacuousness
So, I’ve not too much to say while I’m smothered with a persistent cold which refuses all efforts to kill it offContinue Reading
Maíria Cahill And The Labour Party, Or Integrity Meets Avarice
To misquote a terrible old bigot who had a way with words, most political controversies end not with a bang but with a whimper. ThatContinue Reading
Satanic Masses, Devil Worshippers And British Dirty War Propaganda
As we move deeper into these post-conflict (or, arguably, intra-conflict) times, am I the only one to be struck by the sheerContinue Reading
¡Viva Irlanda! I’m Irish – Speak Spanish!
In recent weeks the TG4 period drama, An Klondike, has garnered favourable reviews from across the Anglophone press and media in Ireland, gaining plauditsContinue Reading
Gusty Spence, In The Shadow Of A British Gunman
Speaking of the history of British separatist terrorism in Ireland, here is a recent article from Ciarán Mac Airt, author andContinue Reading
Ulster Resistance, The DUP Past That Won’t Go Away
Ulster Resistance, the paramilitary wing of Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist Party during the 1980s, is making the headlines once again following theContinue Reading
Anglophone Supremacism: Spurious Arguments, Factual Inaccuracies
The Language Commissioner, Rónán Ó Domhnaill, has offered a carefully worded response to an article published in last week’s Irish Examiner by the eco-conservative journalist VictoriaContinue Reading
Killing Irish-Speakers With Kindness
In light of the recent ruling by the courts that the Gardaí failed to follow the law by not producingContinue Reading
Irish Republican Jews, A Two-Part Lecture
Yanky Fachler, author and member of the Jewish Historical Society of Ireland, with an interesting two-part lecture on the contribution ofContinue Reading
David Cameron Gives Showing The Pig A Whole New Meaning
The steep-streeted town of Drogheda has offered many fine contributions to Irish culture, though perhaps none more so than an English languageContinue Reading
Britain Goes All 1970s With Threats Of Mutinies, Coups And Rebellions
Well it didn’t take long for John McDonnell, the finance spokesperson for the UK Labour Party, to walk back from hisContinue Reading
The Real Islamic State Is The Child-Crucifying Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia
As the United States and its allies (and foes) continue to dither over the expansion of ISIS/ISIL in the Syrian-Iraq borderlands andContinue Reading
Thomas Kent And The Hatred Of The Unionist Demagogues
On a day that has witnessed a state-funeral for the disinterred remains of Thomas Kent, a fifty-year-old commandant of the Irish VolunteersContinue Reading
The Green Party, Taking Us For Fools
It really is our fault. Yes, you and me, and all the other fools who year after year, decade after decade,Continue Reading
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