The Scale Of Surveillance Operations By The Irish State Is Staggering
While many people, certainly informed journalists and anti-austerity activists, would have been aware of the soaring levels of surveillance being carried outContinue Reading
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Cybernetic Warfare Is Simply An Addition To Blood And Guts Warfare
With the UK Labour Party self-immolating in fine old style as various factions debate its policies on nuclear armaments, specifically the Trident submarine-launched ballistic missileContinue Reading
WordPress Reader, The Flipboard And Newsstand Alternative
In a recent post I highlighted the availability of An Sionnach Fionn’s news feed on Flipboard, the cross-platform social-media aggregator that can be found inContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn Available On Flipboard And Google Play Newsstand
Just a quick post to let readers know that An Sionnach Fionn is now available for users of Flipboard, the popular freeContinue Reading
War Nerd Radio, December Podcasts
I thought some ASF readers might be interested in the two most recent episodes of the War Nerd Radio, a newsContinue Reading
The Farcical Wikipedia Entry On The Islamic Real IRA
However praiseworthy the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia may be for its free dissemination of knowledge to the users of the internetContinue Reading
Always A Bridesmaid Never A Bride
A quick thank you to everyone who supported or voted for An Sionnach Fionn in the Blog Awards Ireland competitionContinue Reading
The Irish Driver Theory Test – In Gaelic?
A couple of days ago I was helping my sister complete her online application form for the driver theory test when we encountered a drop-downContinue Reading
O’Connell Street In Flames, 1916
On the morning of Monday the 24th of April 1916 a number of republican and nationalist organisations in Ireland, directed byContinue Reading
A British Tank On An Irish Street
On the 13th of January 1921 a number of British soldiers manning a vehicle-checkpoint on O’Connell Bridge, the main river-crossingContinue Reading
#MyNameIs And #NINA As Facebook Claims Irish Names Are Not Real Names
Over the last several months a number of people from Ireland and the Irish diaspora have been barred from the American social networking platform,Continue Reading
Vote For An Sionnach Fionn In The Blog Awards Ireland 2015
Another year, another nomination to the Blog Awards Ireland competition. This is the third time in a row for An Sionnach Fionn, though with noContinue Reading
How To Fix The Google Chrome Has Stopped Working Issue
COMODO Internet Security is probably not as well known as other anti-viral and firewall suites like Avast or AVG but it hasContinue Reading
Restorative Justice For The Celtic Peoples
Returning to the issue of righting old wrongs, what might be described as restorative justice for dispossessed cultures, Paula Young Lee makesContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn, On Your Smartphone And Tablet
Back in February the internet giant Google announced significant future changes to the way it handled online searches, prioritising websites that adaptedContinue Reading
Citizen Journalism And Bellingcat
If you are interested in what is commonly known as “citizen journalism“, the internet-invigorated tradition of independent news reporting and analyses coming from individualsContinue Reading
Israel On The Road To Self-Destruction
It is somewhat dispiriting, for those on the progressive left, to watch Israel’s continued slide into sectarian and racial totalitarianism,Continue Reading
Microsoft’s Rudderless Ship Dumps More Crew
News that Microsoft is to shed nearly eight thousand staff from its global operations should come as a surprise toContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Bilingual Nation
The European version of Politico, the American news and current affairs website, has a short article by Timothy SnyderContinue Reading
The Blog Awards Ireland 2015
I’ve received several messages from attentive readers in relation to the Blog Awards Ireland 2015, which are now open forContinue Reading
JK Rowling, In Defence Of Greater England
Sometimes an individual should simply stick to doing what he or she does best. In the case of the BritishContinue Reading
Irish Language Rights Are No Rights At All
Coincidental to the temporary silencing of a compliant Irish press by a billionaire businessman whose past dealings have become mired in controversy,Continue Reading
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