The British Press Gloats Over The Boston Bombings
One wonders what the people of the United States of America will make of the British media’s barely contained gloating overContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
A Letter From Irish Ireland
From the BBC a story that reminds us that many people on this island owe a loyalty to a nationContinue Reading
The Hedge Fund Barons – Mr Tepper
A video and song by Mick Blake dedicated to David Tepper, the American hedge fund manager and founder of Appaloosa Management whose involvement inContinue Reading
Ruairidh Arascain Is Mhàirr
Good article by Patrick Witt on the Irish Story examining the late 19th and early 20th Scottish Gaelic Republican writer RuairaidhContinue Reading
Crowd-Sourced Questions For Micheál Martin
Mick Fealty of the Irish news and current affairs blog Slugger O’Toole is looking for crowd-sourced questions to put toContinue Reading
Unionists Launch A Party That Is Not Sectarian, Racist Or Fascist
Though it is called the “Protestant Coalition”. It only exists to further “the empowerment of the PUL (Protestant Unionist Loyalist)Continue Reading
The PUP Do The Time Warp Again!
Below are three video clips of a speech last weekend by Billy Hutchinson, leader of the Progressive Unionist Party or PUP,Continue Reading
British Terrorists Celebrate 100 Years Of Killing Irish People
So the (not so) big parade in Belfast commemorating the foundation of the original Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF, theContinue Reading
Margaret Thatcher And The “Valiant” UVF
Throughout the late 20th century and into the early 21st century the Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF was one of the largestContinue Reading
Margaret Thatcher And The Irish
The would-be “Hammer of the Gael”, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, has been laid to rest and still the revelations about her true natureContinue Reading
RTÉ – Reform Or Die
Here’s an interesting snippet from the ever-vigilant NAMA Wine Lake. Guess which TV station was the only television broadcaster in Ireland to makeContinue Reading
Béal Feirste Abú!
An interesting piece from Public Radio International (PRI) on the Irish-speaking community in Belfast and the work of Linda Ervine,Continue Reading
Irish Ireland Versus Colonial Ireland
From the Irish Times: “Campaigners have called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take urgent steps to save the buildings thatContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Lack Of Irish Vision
Below is the list of motions dealing with the Irish language to be debated at this year’s Sinn Féin partyContinue Reading
From Scotland To Propaganda, Rats And Nutters
A few quick posts, a chairde. First up the Edinburgh Coffee House features a number of images that illustrate the actionsContinue Reading
Margaret Thatcher – She Came, She Saw, She Failed
As a citizen of Ireland there is only one Margaret Thatcher that I remember. From the archives of the GuardianContinue Reading
“Northern Ireland” – Europe’s Failed State
An occasional cultural fault of living on an island nation is a certain insularity and failing to see beyond one’sContinue Reading
No Gaelic Here!
If you’re going to write a biased newspaper article it’s always best to put your bias right up there inContinue Reading
A Green And Orange Puzzle
Back in September of 2011 I discussed the growing number of Irish speakers in Belfast from a Protestant and UnionistContinue Reading
Anglophone Supremacists Don’t Just Hate Irish – They Hate Those Who Speak Irish
“Irish language schools targeted over restrictive entrance rules” So screams the headline in today’s Anti-Irish Independent newspaper. In the follow-up article we are told that:Continue Reading
Irish War Graves Desecrated In Cork
In the wake of TV3’s much criticized drama-documentary “In the Name of the Republic” I argued that the intent of the Neo-Unionist fringe inContinue Reading
Truth Is The First Casualty Of War
Last Monday I watched the second part of TV3’s drama-documentary series, “In the Name of the Republic”, where once again Eunan O’Halpin claimedContinue Reading
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