Irish News, Politics, Culture
And so it rumbles on, the latest chapter in the tale of Britain’s super-superspy and double-agent extraordinaire Freddie “Stakeknife” Scappaticci, with the audio recordings of callsContinue Reading
Introduction It’s April the 8th, 2012, Easter Monday in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church, and the ninety-sixth anniversary ofContinue Reading
Several weeks ago I examined the acquittal in a British-run court in the North of Ireland of the long-time IrishContinue Reading
Back in December 2011 I addressed the grossly exaggerated issue of the alleged penetration of the (Provisional) Irish Republican Army by BritishContinue Reading
Nice article from Lindsey Catherine Cornum over at her Mixed Blood Messages blog, on some recent headline events: “Three videos premièred on theContinue Reading
The “Oirish” Daily Mirror carries an eye-grabbing headline: “We could have killed the Queen on Ireland visit, claim Real IRA”Continue Reading
The Irish Independent’s pet “historian”, John Paul McCarthy, has written a lengthy article on some of the behind-the-scenes events relating to theContinue Reading
According to a piece by Henry McDonald in the Belfast Telegraph the Resistance Republicans of CIRA, RIRA and ÓnaÉ (who remain committed to theContinue Reading
While many decry the growth of the internet for its allegedly deleterious effects on the absorption of information by theContinue Reading
The propaganda of deed is an old revolutionary idea that was given new force in the violent political struggles of Latin AmericaContinue Reading
The great and informative Irish History Podcast carries a piece on the Knights Templar in Ireland… When we think ofContinue Reading
The War Nerd (aka Gary Brecher aka John Dolan) examines the Long War military and political strategies of the (Provisional)Continue Reading
Historian Brian Hanley looks at the Irish Republican Army in the late 1960s through its internal publication, An tÓglach ‘TheContinue Reading
According to a special investigative report in the British newspaper, the Independent on Sunday, the continuing rise of the so-called “Dissident Republican” movements in Ireland,Continue Reading
An edited version of my review of historian Alan Taylor’s ‘The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects,Continue Reading
If you, like me, are fascinated (obsessed?) with the ancient Greek story of many-towered Ilium represented by the epic poems ofContinue Reading
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