London Celtic Punks – Irish and Basque Celebration
A quick post for the London Celtic Punks who asked me to highlight an upcoming event. Don’t normally do thisContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
The Erosion Of Irish-Language Journalism
Following on from the shock decision by Foras na Gaeilge to terminate its contract for the publication of the weeklyContinue Reading
The End Of Gaelscéal?
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
Inside The IRA – 1994
How things have changed in the last 19 years – and how much they have stayed the same. In 1994Continue Reading
There’s No Irish In Ireland!
The Hidden Ireland blog highlights news of discrimination against the Irish-speaking communities and citizens of Ireland for their English-speaking peersContinue Reading
The Manx Tongue – In Rude Health
Some very good news on Manx, the sister language of Irish. The BBC has a lengthy article discussing the fortunesContinue Reading
Unionists Do Not Use Political Violence – Really They Don’t
The main political representatives of the British Unionist minority in the north-east of Ireland, the DUP, UUP and TUV, have no involvementContinue Reading
Open Unionism – More Like An Open Goal
Apparently I’m an “Irish ethno-nationalist”. At least that is the opinion of the British nationalist website “Open Unionism“ (if everContinue Reading
US Army Training Circular TC 18-01, Special Forces Unconventional Warfare
Thought some of you might be interested in this given the recent events in Libya, Syria and now Mali. TheContinue Reading
Cultural Terrorism In Timbuktu
This is terrible news that comes on top of previous acts of cultural terrorism carried out by extreme ideologues inContinue Reading
Britain’s War In Ireland – Learning The Lessons
The Irish journalist and author Finian Cunningham examines the conflict in the north-east of Ireland during the late 1960s andContinue Reading
You Say It Best When You Say Nothing At All
You’re not paranoid. They really are out to get you! 🙂 From the Independent newspaper: “Cloud computing has exploded inContinue Reading
The McGurk Bar Massacre – British Bombers In Irish Cities
Two reviews of the ground-breaking investigative book “The McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Collusion, Cover–Up and a Campaign for Truth” by the Irish author and campaigner CiaránContinue Reading
Alliance. A Party In Search Of A Future
There is a certain whiff that comes off a political party when it is in trouble. People start to getContinue Reading
Counter-Gangs – The Origins Of British Terrorism In Ireland
I’ve devoted considerable space on An Sionnach Fionn to cataloguing Britain’s dirty war in Ireland highlighting a wide range of evidence gatheredContinue Reading
Polls, Politics And Conspiracy Theories
One weekend, two polls, and the results look good for both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. However things are notContinue Reading
Robert E. Howard – The Whole Wide World
While going through the old bookmarks on my browser the other day I came across the Cimmerian, a wonderful ifContinue Reading
Dolours Price
Just a quick post to note the passing of Dolours Price, veteran Republican activist and a former Volunteer of theContinue Reading
Irish, Irish, Irish! Out, Out, Out!
Well, it’s politics as abnormal in the north-eastern part of the country as the decaying corpse of the British colonyContinue Reading
Indigenous Rights – On The Edge Of Europe
Two stories on the Celtic languages from the British press. The first comes from the Independent newspaper (thanks to a heads-up from CContinue Reading
Sláintegate – The Irish Independent Newspaper And A Mysterious Report
The journalist and Irish civil rights campaigner Peadar Tomás Mac Ruairí is currently battling the state in the High CourtContinue Reading
Democracy Doesn’t Work – So Speaks Unionism
From the cheeky lads at “Loyalists Against Democracy” the image above details local government rules in “Northern Ireland” during theContinue Reading
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