The Second-Class Irish
Following his shock resignation from the post of An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner senior civil servant Seán ÓContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
The Abuse Of Indigenous Children In Canada
Following on from my post highlighting the appalling socio-economic conditions Canada’s native peoples live in comes this news via ViceContinue Reading
Margaretta D’Arcy Sends Irish Media Into Biblical Mode
Margaretta Ruth D’Arcy, writer, actress, Republican activist and member of the Aosdána (the elitist and abnormally secretive arts grouping), isContinue Reading
Who’s A Naughty Boy, Then?
It is interesting to note an article in today’s Irish Times by Shane O’Curry, the director of Enar Ireland (theContinue Reading
Labour TD Gets The Jitters
By all accounts a number of Labour TDs are casting extremely nervous eyes over their shoulders at the Sinn FéinContinue Reading
Irish History Meets Dan Brown
Do journalists in Ireland even bother to investigate the background to stories any more or are certain reports just usedContinue Reading
The Highland Clearances in the Long View of History
The Virtual Gael has an excellent article examining the complex nature of colonialism, specifically as it effected the Scots thoughContinue Reading
The Military Service Pensions Collection, Phase 1
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 24 hours (or live outside of this emerald isle) youContinue Reading
Canadian Shame
The Irish Medical Times carries an article by Lloyd Mudiwa examining the appalling conditions the indigenous peoples of North AmericaContinue Reading
Galloway To The Gaels – You Are A Nonpeople
George Galloway, the politically promiscuous left-wing face of British nationalism in Scotland, on the identity of those men, women and childrenContinue Reading
A Gaeilgeoir Political Party?
Further to the meeting of representatives from various Irish rights’ organisations on January 11th in Dublin the news and currentContinue Reading
Council Of Europe Condemns Discrimination
A review by a committee from the 47-nation Council of Europe into the status of indigenous languages in Britain andContinue Reading
It’s All About The Metadata
I’ve written before about the importance of “raw data” in any revolutionary or military struggle and while that may seemContinue Reading
The Daily Bigot
I was briefly contemplating a new series for An Sionnach Fionn, a name and shame game for the many AnglophoneContinue Reading
A NIP In The Air
Political parties are a lot like buses. You don’t see one for ages then two come along at once. Well,Continue Reading
I’m Not A Racist But…
One of the more amusing spectator sports of recent months has been derived from watching the seething antipathy expressed byContinue Reading
The Marc Coleman Show On The Irish Language
The Marc Coleman Show, to be broadcast on Dublin’s Newstalk radio, will be examining Ireland’s relationship with the Irish languageContinue Reading
Paisley On Paisley
In a series of interviews recorded for television broadcast the reverend Ian Paisley, the former leader of the DUP andContinue Reading
Latest Poll Numbers
Despite the hammering Sinn Féin has taken in the national media the latest poll from Paddy Power/Red C reveals theContinue Reading
England, Wales And Southern Scotland
Not so long ago I set a rather large cat loose amongst some red, white and blue pigeons when IContinue Reading
Ooh, Ah, Up The RA
Okay, I admit it, the team at 1169 And Counting got me with this one until I followed the link.Continue Reading
Second-Class Service For Second-Class Citizens
Given the news yesterday about a group of young people from Ireland being subject to racial abuse by a taxiContinue Reading
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