Pauline Marois And A Step Too Far?
One has to wonder if the latest pronouncements by the Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois are likely to win orContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
Proud Of The Gardaí – Ashamed Of The RIC
An Garda Síochána or “The Peace Guard” is Ireland’s national police service; a largely unarmed, civilian police force carefully regulatedContinue Reading
Broadcasting In Native Tongues
Some more Native American (and a bit of native Irish) news, from The Atlantic: “Loris Taylor, the CEO and presidentContinue Reading
Land Restitution – More News From The Occupied Territories
An excellent article in the Guardian by Dana Lone Hill of the Oglala Lakota Sioux people outlining the campaign byContinue Reading
An Ghaeltacht – Empowering The Young
“24 hours in An Ghaeltacht” is a very positive story from Úna Mullally in the Irish Times on the “ritesContinue Reading
The Young Ancestors
Excellent article over on Indian Country Today on a new documentary, The Young Ancestors, which examines the efforts of NativeContinue Reading
Jamie Bevan, An Inspirational Fighter For A Welsh Wales
Back in August of last year I reported on the show trial of the Welsh rights activist Jamie Bevan whoContinue Reading
Greater England – King Cnut Before The Tide
The Royal Jubilee and the London Olympics have saved Greater England! The rebellious Scots have been dealt a mortal blowContinue Reading
From Ireland To Scotland – The Colonial Infection
It says much, perhaps, for the power of colonialism that so many inhabitants of so many colonised or formerly colonisedContinue Reading
Team FUK (Former UK, That Is!)
Melanie Phillips, right wing British journalist and commentator, nationalist and agent provocateur, has finally called it. The British colonial misadventureContinue Reading
Hacked! Wired, Apple And Amazon
Here’s a horror story that proves that even the most tech-adept can be a victim of hacking and identity theftContinue Reading
Castle Catholics And Sham Irish – Journalism In Ireland
As regular readers of An Sionnach Fionn know (and it seems that there is quite a few of you) IContinue Reading
The Election Campaign In Québec – The Expected And Unexpected
Last Wednesday Jean Charest, the head of the beleaguered Liberal Party government in Québec, called early provincial elections for September 4th amid a seriesContinue Reading
Dragging Ireland Back To The Middle Ages
Oh please… Jim Allister, that infamous throwback politician from the British Unionist minority in the north-east of Ireland, is kicking off againContinue Reading
A Double-Win For Wales In The Vale Of Glamorgan
As normal in the first week of August (and Lúghnasa didn’t pass unnoticed, either, despite my crazy work commitments) a big welcome for the returnContinue Reading
PQ Back In Power In Québec?
With new elections to the provincial assembly in Québec expected soon the Globe and Mail carries what it claims willContinue Reading
A Long Overdue Statement
Forty years too late for an event that should never have happened in the first place. Whatever the excuses (and there were – and are – plenty)Continue Reading
IRA, CIRA And ÓnaÉ
Following on from my article about the claimed merger of several Republican Resistance groups to form a new Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Scottish Nationalist And Labour Party Activist?
Now this is interesting. From The Scotsman: “LABOUR chiefs say a rebellion among its grassroots members in favour of independenceContinue Reading
Why Does Fine Gael And Labour Want Irish-Speakers To Be Second-Class Citizens With Second-Class Rights?
Well as the Fine Gael – Labour coalition government continues to pursue its policy of rolling back a decade ofContinue Reading
Having A Whale Of A Time At The Olympics
Irish Whales and the Olympics Games? A revealing historical curiosity from the Huffington Post that tells us much more aboutContinue Reading
A New IRA?
Well, given the rumours and rumblings, and perhaps not unrelated to the recent shooting of a (former?) prominent member of the 32 County Sovereignty CommitteeContinue Reading
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