Opposing Austernomics, A Moral And Social Issue
It seems that political parties are like buses: you wait for ages for one to come along and then twoContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Water Charges And A Coalition Of The Doomed
Water charges. The political Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of Labour Party TDanna in constituencies across the country, whoseContinue Reading
Britain’s Tribal Grudges Risks Renewed Conflict In Ireland
The Irish have made peace but have the British? That is the question asked by veteran journalist and author EdContinue Reading
Up To 80,000 Protest Imposition Of Water Charges
In light of recent improved polling members and supporters of the governing Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition were predicting aContinue Reading
Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie
Quick post to highlight two related articles from Tom’s Dispatch that I think are well worth reading. The first, by NanContinue Reading
Fighting To Speak Irish, Forced To Speak English
@thetwicket @MisneachNYC €billions per annum promoting the ENGLISH language, including compulsory useage, and this indeed is what it gets us —Continue Reading
Would Sinn Féin Support Naomi Long In East Belfast?
Following on from my post yesterday examining the announcement that the DUP and UUP will be supporting agreed candidates in four key constituencies for the WestminsterContinue Reading
30 Years On And Britain Maintains The Kincora Boys Home Cover-Up
In my last post highlighting the demands from campaigners in Ireland that the British authorities in the north-east of the countryContinue Reading
DUP and UUP Agree Candidates For Pan-Unionist Axis
So the blog We In Coming Days got there first with the headline-grabbing news that the main British Unionist partiesContinue Reading
Barack Obama: ISIL… Grew Out Of Our Invasion
Related to my post on the rise of Iran as a regional superpower in the Middle East as a consequenceContinue Reading
Iran Emerges From The US War On Terror As A Regional Superpower
One of the more interesting if unintended outcomes of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has been the elevationContinue Reading
Oil Troubles
If you don’t follow the blog “Tom’s Dispatch” by the American journalist and editor Tom Engelhardt you are missing out on someContinue Reading
Lucinda Creighton Going Renua Or Ré Nua
Lucinda Creighton, ex-Fine Gael rebel and pumped-up darling of the right-wing press, has finally nailed her colours to the mastContinue Reading
Gerry Adams And The Problem Of Surviving The Cause
A different take on the post-conflict career of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, guerilla-turned-politician, from the journalist Michael Brendan Dougherty writingContinue Reading
Nigel Dodds, Deputy PM Of Britain And Her Overseas Colonies
So Nigel Dodds, the Mr. Bland of Unionist politics in Ireland and the leader of the DUP’s motley crew of MPsContinue Reading
Mick Wallace, Enda Kenny, Not Mincing Words
On one of the very rare days dedicated to the use of the Irish language in Dáil Éireann the controversial independent TD Mick WallaceContinue Reading
John Bruton. Why?
John Bruton, former Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach na hÉireann, writing in the Irish Independent newspaper manages once again to proveContinue Reading
Jean McConville, Gerry Adams And The Truth
The New Yorker magazine has a long, if occasionally flawed, investigation into the 1972 detention and execution – which one can alternativelyContinue Reading
Al Jadeed, Rima Karaki And Running The Show
Al Jadeed or الجديد is a 24-hour news and current affairs television station based in the Lebanon and broadcasting across theContinue Reading
From Armchair Revolutionary To Armchair Reactionary
Continuing the controversy surrounding the legal tussles over the “bog-standard” mansion of Gorse Hill, situated in the exclusive Dublin suburb of Killiney,Continue Reading
Irish-Speakers Are Second-Class Europeans
In May of 2014 the Sinn Féin member and Irish rights campaigner Liadh Ní Riada was elected to the European ParliamentContinue Reading
Bog-Standard Houses And The Neo-Ascendancy
Fitzjames Horse casts a cold eye over the so-called New Land League and it’s risible championing of the property-rights of millionaireContinue Reading
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