The Unionist Caliphate In Ireland
The mainstream British Unionist parties in the north-east of Ireland, the governing DUP and out-of-office UUP, have issued a statementContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Language And Politics In Scotland
The University of Edinburgh has carried out an interesting study on attitudes in Scotland towards the indigenous Scottish (Gaelic) languageContinue Reading
The Real Subversives In Ireland
The twisted psyche of the ruling elites in Ireland is never plainer to see than when one of them emergesContinue Reading
Same-sex marriage referendum for early 2015
Originally posted on The Cedar Lounge Revolution:
According to Enda Kenny in the Dáil today… Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told the Dáil that…
Suffer the Children
Originally posted on lightandthunder:
This morning was a very disillusioning one full of debate and controversy. It began with the…
Tony O’Reilly, Entrepreneur Or Ideologue?
For the last three decades the national press in Ireland has been dominated by the publications of the Independent News & MediaContinue Reading
Entre 12000 et 15000 manifestants ont défilé pour la réunification à Nantes !
Originally posted on 44=BREIZH – POUR LA RÉUNIFICATION DE LA BRETAGNE !:
? Entre 12000 et 15000 personnes ont défilé pour la réunification de la Bretagne aujourd’hui à…
Fighting With Pride: Sinn Féin Launch LGBT Rights Policy
Originally posted on EILE Magazine:
L-R: Fintan Warfield, Emma Murphy, Gerry Adams TD and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn TD speaking at the…
The Dirty Secrets Of A Dirty War Get Even Dirtier
In the “better late than never” category Britain’s Left-leaning newspaper, the Guardian, has published a special investigation by Ian CobainContinue Reading
Catholic West Belfast 1962
Originally posted on Keeping An Eye On the Czar of Russia:
The Tuam Babies. What actually can be said? I have almost a kinda immunity to this…
The Cló Gaelach Or Irish Typefaces
Following on from the popularity of a recent post examining some online sources for Irish literary studies I thought aContinue Reading
“The Fianna Post – Post na bFiann”
Originally posted on The History of Na Fianna Éireann :
In the aftermath of the 1916 Rising, the issue of communications and moving around important documentation…
The Axis Of British Fundamentalism
Recently the British journalist Colin Freeman while reporting on the crisis in Iraq for the Daily Telegraph, the establishment newspaperContinue Reading
Irish In Ireland? Oh The Humanity!
Richard Haass, the latest diplomatic envoy from the United States to the permanently ailing Irish-British peace process, has offered theContinue Reading
In Support Of A Reunited Brittany
In 1941 the Vichy regime in France ordered the partition of the north-western Celtic nation of Brittany as part ofContinue Reading
Gerry Conlon, RIP
Originally posted on The Broken Elbow:
There are many things one could say about the sad and troubled life of Gerry Conlon,…
If the IMF says it’s Joan Burton as next leader of the LP, then it must be so. No?
Originally posted on The Cedar Lounge Revolution:
This from the Irish Times: In its first post-bailout report on the Irish economy, it notes…
Nelson McCausland, The Tea Party Escapee
What other nation in Western Europe would tolerate a senior member of a regional government using his personal blog toContinue Reading
.éire Versus .ie
The people of Wales now have two national domain names to register their websites with, “.cymru“ and “.wales”, reflecting theirContinue Reading
A Message To Scotland
When the children’s author JK Rowling announced her financial support for the anti-sovereignty side in Scotland’s forthcoming referendum on independenceContinue Reading
Cardiff, Edinburgh, Sydney
Activists fighting for Welsh language rights have set up a symbolic Occupy camp outside the Senedd, the offices of theContinue Reading
The Logainm Relaunch
A quick (if late) post on the Placenames Database of Ireland or Logainm, a comprehensive topographical index of our island nationContinue Reading
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