Sinn Féin And Right2Water
What is the real attitude of Sinn Féin to the imposition of water charges in Ireland? Are they wholly opposed to them orContinue Reading
Category: Economics
No Taxation Without Representation
In recent weeks the right-wing Fine Oibre coalition and much of the equally right-wing press have confidentially asserted that the protestsContinue Reading
Denis O’Brien, Putting The Boot In
In relation to the controversial entrepreneur Denis O’Brien , the “Donald Trump” of the Irish business world, and his seeming determination to litigate his criticsContinue Reading
Putting The Éire In Ireland
For the last four or five years of An Sionnach Fionn I have been promoting the potential benefits of “language tourism” forContinue Reading
Irish Journalism On Trial
If you are anything like me you probably enjoyed watching the great and the good of the Irish press corps squirmingContinue Reading
Opposing Austernomics, A Moral And Social Issue
It seems that political parties are like buses: you wait for ages for one to come along and then twoContinue Reading
Water Charges And A Coalition Of The Doomed
Water charges. The political Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of Labour Party TDanna in constituencies across the country, whoseContinue Reading
Up To 80,000 Protest Imposition Of Water Charges
In light of recent improved polling members and supporters of the governing Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition were predicting aContinue Reading
Oil Troubles
If you don’t follow the blog “Tom’s Dispatch” by the American journalist and editor Tom Engelhardt you are missing out on someContinue Reading
Bog-Standard Houses And The Neo-Ascendancy
Fitzjames Horse casts a cold eye over the so-called New Land League and it’s risible championing of the property-rights of millionaireContinue Reading
The Jacobin View On Ireland
The US-based Jacobin magazine has a lengthy and well-informed article on the current situation here in Ireland, particularlyContinue Reading
Ireland Third Most Deprived Nation On EU 15 List
The Irish news media has spent much of the last week focusing on the issue of homelessness following the dreadfully sad passing ofContinue Reading
iGaeilge
In response to some comments yesterday I thought this business report from the BBC on the preference-through-necessity in Irish mediumContinue Reading
Irish Native Reservations
Another great analysis from Diaga Language on the growing challenges facing the Irish-speaking population of Ireland, particularly as they relateContinue Reading
Princes And Princesses Of The Continuity State
100,000 marchers on the streets of our capital city, gangs of Gardaí shuttling contractors for Uisce Éireann around suburban housingContinue Reading
Bend Over And Spread Your Cheeks
Not only does Irish Water want to fuck you up the ass, they want to tell others that they have fuckedContinue Reading
Joan Burton, Minister For Amnesia
Joan Burton, the unapologetic “minister for austerity” and now Labour Party leader on the (unlikely) possibility of Sinn Féin beingContinue Reading
The Politics Of Brutal Bruton
Former Fine Gael leader and arch Euro-federalist John Bruton is generally regarded as the most economically right-wing Taoiseach Ireland hasContinue Reading
The Big Bang Theory
Like lambs to the slaughter Seán and Síle Citizen trots forward eager to taste the sweet green grass of domestic recovery,Continue Reading
Ireland Spends More Money On Non-Irish Translations
In case you missed it (because you know the newspapers aren’t going to report this one), from RTÉ: “New figuresContinue Reading
The Mafiaization Of Ireland
Every journalist in the world is influenced one way or another by his or her personal beliefs and values. SimpleContinue Reading
Let Them Eat Cake!
Given the dominance of Ireland’s news media by an incestuous group of like-minded individuals espousing a right-wing, moral-free ideology isContinue Reading
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