When It Comes To Irish Equality, The DUP Is The Putrid Little Statelet
To her many critics, this afternoon’s statement by Arlene Foster provided further proof of her failings as a political leader,Continue Reading
Category: Journalism
Newsweek Magazine Rocked By Raids And Sackings
There is an old journalistic adage: you are not the story. Unfortunately, in recent years the financial woes of Newsweek, a near-century oldContinue Reading
The Atlantic Magazine Ends Online Comments In A Retrograde Step
On the 2nd of February the American current affairs website, The Atlantic, announced that it was closing down its Disqus-basedContinue Reading
Fake News? The Christmas Box PR Kit, Written By The Scottish Labour Party, Printed By The Scottish Press
All industries have their little trade secrets, methods of production they would prefer to keep under wraps, and the newsContinue Reading
The Brexit Angst Of The Irish Revisionists
Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
The Church Of Scientology Is Trying To Normalise Itself In Irish Society. Don’t Let It!
In recent years the covert growth of the pseudo-religious organisation known as the Church of Scientology has been delivered a seriesContinue Reading
The Madness Of Brexit Britain, From David Trimble To Iain Duncan Smith
The insanity continues. David Trimble, the former chief of the centrist Ulster Unionist Party, now eclipsed among pro-union voters inContinue Reading
Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald Resigns, Saving Fine Gael’s Minority Government
And with one bound she is gone! Or rather, with a few gentle nudges in the right direction from seniorContinue Reading
Irish Government Report Details Europe’s Worries Over The “Chaos” Gripping Britain
For those of us who grew up under Fine Gael taoisigh like Garret Fitzgerald and John “Union Jack” Bruton, theContinue Reading
The UK Conspiracy Theory To Explain The Brexit Impasse With Ireland And EU
It has become standard fare among left-wing activists and politicians in the United Kingdom to accuse the political editor ofContinue Reading
The Inevitable Unionist And Alt-Unionist Failure
On the issue of the United Kingdom’s poisonous legacy colony in Ireland it’s rare to find a bit of non-apologistContinue Reading
Jenna Abrams, Russia’s American Twitter Sock-Puppet
The Daily Beast has a well-researched article examining the mysterious Jenna Abrams, a minor right-wing “celebrity” in the United StatesContinue Reading
President Michael D Higgins Did Not Say That Compulsory Irish Is A Mistake
Yet again, don’t believe everything that you read in the press. Or at least, what you might read in Ireland’sContinue Reading
Ruth Russell, An American Journalist In Revolutionary Ireland
In early 1919 the pioneering woman journalist, Ruth Russell, visited Ireland to report on the brewing republican revolution for theContinue Reading
The FBI, The IRA, And Warren Hinckle, Gonzo Journalist And Editor
The name Warren Hinckle will probably be unknown to most ASF readers but for a time he was one ofContinue Reading
Britain Rejects Joint-Authority, Embraces Gerrymandering
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party has successfully completed its hijacking of the United Kingdom’s foreign relations. Or atContinue Reading
The Unionist Reveille Website, All Noise, No Substance
Over the last two decades the internet has become an important platform for a wide range of political causes, bothContinue Reading
Britain’s Revanchist Fantasies Of A Brexit Empire Focus On Ireland
Since the Brexit referendum vote in the summer of 2016 the conservative and right-wing press in the United Kingdom hasContinue Reading
The BBC And The Welsh Language, Self-Interested Discrimination
Several readers, including Marconatrix, have drawn my attention to this discussion about Welsh language rights broadcast on Newsnight, the BBC’sContinue Reading
The DUP, AggregateIQ And Data Mining For The Alt-Right And Far-Right
With the press and news media focusing on the Russian Federation’s alleged contribution to the election of Donald Trump toContinue Reading
Catherine Kelly, Regina Doherty And Online Free Speech In Ireland
Some participants in the liberal or progressive Twittersphere in Ireland might be familiar with @sanepolitico, the username of Catherine Kelly,Continue Reading
The Greatest Threat To Ireland Is Narco-Terrorism Not Islamic Terrorism
What is the single greatest threat of terrorism for modern Ireland? Is it radicalised Muslim youths declaring loyalty to theContinue Reading
AN SIONNACH FIONN 