Republican Activists Quit The Belfast Branch Of Saoradh
Well that didn’t take long. Saoradh, the Irish republican party formed last September, has experienced its first serious split withContinue Reading
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The Tory Deal With The Extremist DUP Was To Prevent A “Reversion To The Troubles”?
Michael Fallon, the accident-prone secretary of state for defence in the United Kingdom, has produced a decidedly odd explanation forContinue Reading
Sargon Of Akkad, Anita Sarkeesian And Culture War Politics On YouTube
I find the phenomenon of vlogging, that is internet video blogging, a fascinating one. It takes a certain type ofContinue Reading
The New Conservative Party And DUP Backdoor Coalition In The UK
So that’s it. Following its electoral humiliation earlier this month the Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom has givenContinue Reading
The DUP And Its Potential Deal With The Tories: It’s The Border, Stupid!
Journalists are just as susceptible to “fake news” as anyone else, especially when the news chimes with their own beliefsContinue Reading
The DUP Turns The Screws On The Tories, While Demanding Respect From The UK
During the corruption scandal which finally brought down the power-sharing executive at Stormont in late 2016, early 2017, the DemocraticContinue Reading
Arlene Foster’s Letter Concerning Irish Gay Couples Marrying In Scotland
Talking of the Democratic Unionist Party, in the immediate aftermath of the general election in the United Kingdom, Marco Biagi,Continue Reading
The DUP’s Greatest Fear? The Liberal Secularists Of The UK
Sammy Wilson, one of the ten, ultra-nationalist Democratic Unionist Party MPs expected to vote Theresa May and the Conservative PartyContinue Reading
The List Of DUP Demands Delaying The Backdoor Coalition With The Conservatives
Though the surprisingly prolonged talks between the Democratic Unionist Party and the Conservatives may give the appearance of inevitable failure,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
Enda Kenny’s Four Decade Career In Politics Is An Argument For TD Term Limits
If anything proves the necessity for term limits on the political careers of Teachtaí Dála, Enda Kenny’s unbroken forty-two yearContinue Reading
Climate Change Deniers And Sceptics In Ireland
There are very few mainstream politicians in Ireland who question the reality of man-made climate change or its disastrous consequencesContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn: I Fully Understand The Many, Many Aspects Of Irish History
And the people of Ireland wish we could say the same of Theresa May and her wretched fundamentalist-appeasing Conservative PartyContinue Reading
DUP Secures The Backing Of British Terror Groups In The UK General Election
Over the last several months the political opponents of the Democratic Unionist Party have repeatedly criticised the grouping’s ever-closer tiesContinue Reading
Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time… The Revolution
I’m a huge fan of the late Italian director Sergio Leone, the inventor of the Spaghetti Western, a broad sub-genre of Western-styleContinue Reading
Ireland Indicates A Harder Line On Irish, British And EU Negotiations Over Brexit
Charlie Flanagan TD, the minister for foreign affairs, has written a surprisingly forceful article for the New European, a pro-EUContinue Reading
The SDLP Calls For A Referendum On A Reunited Ireland. Or Does It?
Well this is somewhat unexpected. The Social Democratic and Labour Party, the minority nationalist grouping in the UK-administrated Six Counties,Continue Reading
The Illogicality Of Being Pro-Life While Favouring Exceptions For Abortion
As WorldByStorm notes there are some surprising results from last weekend’s Irish Times poll on abortion (yes, yet another one). A clearContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn’s Problem: The Irish Have Terrorists But The British Have Paramilitaries
There is an old joke from the UK-administered north-east of Ireland, one that has a great deal of truth behind it. DuringContinue Reading
Donald Trump Pushes NATO Leaders Out Of His Way At A Press Event
Oh, America, what have you done? The preening peacock that is Il Duce pushes Dusko Markovic, the prime minister ofContinue Reading
The New Partition: Britain’s Brexit Border In Ireland
In a recent discussion stemming from an article examining the mysterious – and unprecedented – pro-Brexit campaign donations gifted to the Democratic UnionistContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s United Ireland Party Is Not For The Irish Voters Of Belfast
If the political and media establishments were hesitant or fearful of last year’s centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, its likelyContinue Reading
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