The Anglophone Machine – The Systemic Failure To Teach Irish
The Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn has launched the Chief Inspector’s Report on quality and standards in primaryContinue Reading
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British Unionism In Ireland – Anyone But The Irish!
Lord Megabucks Kilclooney, also known as former Ulster Unionist Party bigwig John Taylor, has jumped once again feet first intoContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are A Civil Right
On the back of the announcement by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government that it is to further degrade the roleContinue Reading
Sowing A Gaelic Storm
Following the shock decision by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government to further impede the provision of public services to Irish-speakingContinue Reading
Britain’s Armed Shame
In Ireland the British separatist terrorists of the state-controlled UVF faction pose for the cameras Some time ago I publishedContinue Reading
Oíche Shamhna Shona Daoibh
A pale yellow sun has sunk below the grey horizon here in Baile Átha Cliath and the Feis Shamhna isContinue Reading
Monocultural Ireland – Conform Or Die
After sunset this evening we will officially be in the period of the Feis Shamhna, the Festival of Samhain, fromContinue Reading
Faraway Revolutions Always Seem Greener
I like and admire Uachtarán an hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins. I actually voted for him (well, he was my secondContinue Reading
All Life Is Not Equal
The editorial of today’s Belfast Telegraph, a British Unionist newspaper, issues a cri de coeur in defence of the British ForcesContinue Reading
Before You Learn To Kill You Have To Learn To Hate
From Aodh Ó Rathaille Hugh Reilly in the Scotsman newspaper: “In sooth, if a language fails to move with the timesContinue Reading
Gaels United
From “Driving A Wedge Within Gaeldom”, an article on the post-Medieval history of Ireland and Scotland featured in the magazineContinue Reading
Eurocracy – The ECB’s Billion Euro Palace
From Der Spiegel: “Rain was falling on Frankfurt’s Ostend neighborhood as financial managers and local officials drove past dark cornerContinue Reading
Scottish Independence, 35% Yes, 43% No
The latest Panelbase poll from Wings Over Scotland, the headline figures say it all: Should Scotland Be An Independent Country? Continue Reading
British Soldiers, Nazi Salutes – The Story We Had First
The newspapers in Britain are currently debating the significance of images from the conflict in Afghanistan showing serving British soldiersContinue Reading
The Truth About Ireland’s British Troubles
Over the last two years I have highlighted on this website a number of key facts from the mountain of evidenceContinue Reading
Whose Europe Is It Anyway?
When political and media leaders in Germany complain about the suspicion and apprehension their country is now greeted with inContinue Reading
Inés Del Rio Prada Freed In Basque Country
Inés del Rio Prada, a member of ETA (the Basque separatist organisation) and Spain’s longest serving political prisoner, has beenContinue Reading
Eat The Old
Back in September the journal.ie, an online Irish news and current affairs website, held a poll asking its readers ifContinue Reading
Sony Xperia Z Ultra 6.4″ Smartphone – Oh How I Love Thee
A few weeks ago I was discussing my need for a new mobile phone to replace my existing three year oldContinue Reading
Win 8.1, WiFi And Lenovo’s Q190
So Win 8.1, the service pack that is not a service pack, has been disgorged into Win 8 machines allContinue Reading
Scotland’s Non-People
Right-wing journalist and British nationalist writer Allan Massie has a misleading opinion piece in today’s Scotsman newspaper on the ScottishContinue Reading
The Recent Hezbollah Executions In Syria
Phillip Smyth in the excellent Brown Moses blog examines a particularly graphic war crime in Syria, the filmed execution by allegedContinue Reading
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