The Times They Are A-Changin’
While some have tried to reprimand An Sionnach Fionn and its readers for our assertive contribution in redefining the debateContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Irish Rights Are Indigenous Rights?
The biggest deterrent to speaking Irish in Ireland? The hostile or derisory responses it elicits from a handful of chauvinisticContinue Reading
An English Ireland Fears An Irish Ireland
For over two-and-a-half years An Sionnach Fionn has been reporting on the rising levels of public antipathy towards Irish-speaking citizensContinue Reading
Ní Neart Go Cur Le Chéile
Have an opinion? Passionate about politics or current affairs? What to let others know about it? An Sionnach Fionn isContinue Reading
Medieval Discrimination In A Modern Ireland
The 14th century Statues of Kilkenny are generally remembered as one of the poorer attempts by the British state inContinue Reading
Ireland’s Supreme Court, Rights Of Irish-Speaking Citizens Are Conditional
Several writers and activists have protested at my recent characterisation of Irish-speakers in Ireland as second-class citizens with second-class rights.Continue Reading
EU? Screw You!
Another day, another confirmation that the Irish-speaking population of this island nation are not only second-class citizens of Ireland butContinue Reading
Congratulations To Wings Over Scotland
Wings Over Scotland, the influential news and current affairs website, launched an appeal early this morning for funding to keepContinue Reading
The Peace Process Elicits Irish Pride But British Shame?
So suddenly the news media around the globe have become aware of one the most widely-known secrets in Irish andContinue Reading
Tá an rialtas ó dheas ag marú na Gaeilge, ach tá níos mó den locht ort!
Originally posted on Tuairisceoir an Dúin:
Chuaigh tú go Lá Mór na Gaeilge, bhí tú dearg le fearg leis an rialtas, teastaíonn…
If You Tolerate This
The Limerick Leader carries an opinion piece by conservative columnist Patricia Feehily that plumbs the noxious depths of Anglophone intolerance asContinue Reading
“Winter rain shrinks Type 2 Transporter”, or how I spent my Saturday morning at the 2014 OCTO Winter Meet
Originally posted on digitaldtour:
“Winter rain shrinks Type 2 Transporter, or how I spent my Saturday morning at the 2014…
IRSP Outlines It’s Position on Forthcoming Elections
The IRSP has decided not to contest local government elections in the north-east of the country. Some forthright rhetoric inContinue Reading
ETA Bolsters Faltering Basque Peace Process
The Basque insurgent organisation ETA has carried out a symbolic act of arms decommissioning in front of international observers asContinue Reading
Uniformity Versus Pluralism
There is a frankly bizarre article in today’s HuffPost UK by John Wight claiming that the independence campaign in Scotland isContinue Reading
Gach abairt Ghaeilge mar ‘philéar i streachailt na saoirse’
Originally posted on Crá Croí Cois Cuain:
Bothán Gaeltachta sa Cheis Fhada Agus daoine ag plé cúrsaí reatha na Gaeilge le déanaí, chonaic…
The Scots, Second-Class Europeans?
The Scottish blogger Wee Ginger Dug has done some fantastic journalistic work recently analysing and translating political and media commentaryContinue Reading
The Self-Determination Spring
Despite (or perhaps because of) all the controversy surrounding the proposals by the Parti Québécois to restrict the display of overtlyContinue Reading
Ten Thousand March For Irish Language Rights
On Saturday the 15th of February up to ten thousand people took part in Lá Mór na Gaeilge, a demonstrationContinue Reading
200. Lá Mór na Gaeilge
Originally posted on ancroiait:
Ar an 15iú Feabhra 2014 bhailigh daoine le chéile le taispeáint don rialtas go raibh siad…
Save Our Language!
Lá Mór na Gaeilge, the rally in support of Irish language rights: 2.00pm, the entrance to the Garden of Remembrance,Continue Reading
Letter Bombs In Britain. A Failure Of Vision
This is not 1884 nor is it 1974. So what on earth is the military or revolutionary rationale for sendingContinue Reading
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