Responses To The Metro Herald “Nazis” Letter
Following on from my criticism of the Dublin-based newspaper, the Metro Herald, for publishing a letter from a correspondent stylingContinue Reading
Irish News, Politics, Culture
Following on from my criticism of the Dublin-based newspaper, the Metro Herald, for publishing a letter from a correspondent stylingContinue Reading
The Metro Herald is a free newspaper published in Ireland with both print and electronic editions, and distributed principally inContinue Reading
I thought I’d post this to An Sionnach Fionn since few people will have heard of it let alone seenContinue Reading
Back in September the journal.ie, an online Irish news and current affairs website, held a poll asking its readers ifContinue Reading
A few weeks ago I was discussing my need for a new mobile phone to replace my existing three year oldContinue Reading
So Win 8.1, the service pack that is not a service pack, has been disgorged into Win 8 machines allContinue Reading
Good god, has anyone else seen the redesigned “slate.com”? What a sprawling, over-crafted mess. Any website that all butContinue Reading
Ah, ‘tis good to see that Anglophone racism continues to thrive in contemporary Ireland. Where would we be without ourContinue Reading
Go to the Wikipedia entry titled “Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts” and you will learn that the Waffen SS, theContinue Reading
From the Guardian newspaper: “Guardian editors on Tuesday revealed why and how the newspaper destroyed computer hard drives containing copiesContinue Reading
Just to let you know that An Sionnach Fionn has been nominated for two categories in this year’s Blog AwardsContinue Reading
Big Think is one of my favourite websites dedicated to, well, big thinking. It deals with all sorts of ideasContinue Reading
Some great news for the ongoing development and growth of the Scottish language. The government of Scotland has announced aContinue Reading
YAY! The Daily Edge, part of the “Irish” news and current affairs website TheJournal.ie, has a “humorous” article today onContinue Reading
Here’s a thing. The avast! Online Security and Web Reputation Plugin, a web browser extension bundled with one of the world’s mostContinue Reading
Watch out, the Orange Order is about! Yes that’s right, the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland has finally shown itsContinue Reading
Didn’t get a chance to post this over the weekend but the best of luck to Pobl Caerdydd, the newContinue Reading
With so much of the news from the conflict in Syria being filtered through the International media one is struckContinue Reading
The newspaper revelations by the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal in relation to the NSA’s positioning of itself asContinue Reading
NAMA Wine Lake is no more. And so goes another keen observer of government and establishment misdoings while the craven media continuesContinue Reading
Andrew Leonard has a fascinating article on Salon examining the hidden “edit wars” taking place behind the seemingly placid façade of Wikipedia, theContinue Reading
While many consumers have bought into the commercial push for so-called Smart TVs the majority of the products on the IrishContinue Reading