Brendan Howlin, The Labour Party And A Reunited Ireland
My view on our mainstream political parties discussing the reunification of Ireland has always been: put up or shut up.Continue Reading
Category: Politics
Understanding Fake News, Tim Pool
Do not live in an echo chamber of your own politics, of your own likes and dislikes projected back at you.Continue Reading
Joint Authority Or Sovereignty Over The North, A Good Friday Agreement Mark II?
There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks about the possibility of establishing joint-authority or sovereignty between IrelandContinue Reading
A List Of Current Irish Republican Parties And Organisations
I was recently asked by a US historian with a fresh interest in Irish revolutionary politics if I could list forContinue Reading
Caoimhín De Barra Discusses The Myths Of Irish Language Funding
At the start of the year Caoimhín de Barra, the Assistant Professor for Irish History and Culture at Drew University, NewContinue Reading
Theresa May And Britain Heads For A Brexit-Mandating General Election
Theresa May, the right-wing prime minister of the United Kingdom and a politician who couldn’t find her country’s legacy colony on the islandContinue Reading
The Republican Network For Unity, Óglaigh Na hÉireann And An Easter Message
As expected the Easter weekend witnessed the usual display of overweight men and women marching in ill-fitting, quasi-military uniforms while professing loyalty toContinue Reading
Lib Dem Tim Farron Accuses The Scots Of Abuse While Abusing A Scot
Not only do the people of Greater England believe that all of the world’s historical empires were bad except for theirContinue Reading
The DUP Tries Some Irish Outreach As Speculation Over Another Election Grows
With the multiparty and intergovernmental talks to restore the peace-brokered northern assembly “parked” until after Easter, speculation is growing thatContinue Reading
The Unionist Dilemma In Ireland, Self-Interest Versus Nationality In A Post-Brexit Europe
Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to prime minister Tony Blair and the lead negotiator for the United Kingdom duringContinue Reading
An Army Humiliated, The British Military In Ireland, Afghanistan And Iraq
In retrospect it seemed inevitable that the Irish Republican Army would emerge largely undefeated from twenty years of conflict with the BritishContinue Reading
Mad Dogs And Englishmen: Brexit Britain Threatens War With Spain
It seems that the empire-nostalgic British have finally gone off the deep-end as right wing commentators – and former governmentContinue Reading
An Undefeated Army, The IRA And The Irish-British Peace Process
I have argued in several recent articles that the United Kingdom’s continued inability to accept the unvarnished history of the Irish-BritishContinue Reading
The TUV And The De-Briticisation Or Decolonisation Of Ireland
Jim Allister, leader of the hardline Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), recently had this to say about the establishment of genuineContinue Reading
A Pan-Unionist Axis Will Be Seen As Electoral Gerrymandering By Northern Nationalists
With the Democratic Unionist Party gnashing its teeth and pointing fingers of blame at Sinn Féin, it seems unlikely that the regionalContinue Reading
Britain Struggles With The Good Friday Agreement And Peace In Ireland
On January 23rd, 1973, the United States’ president, Richard M. Nixon, described the multiparty treaty in France which ended theContinue Reading
Irish Resistance To Apartheid: Sinn Féin And The ANC, The IRA And MK
A number of readers have asked for some background details explaining the close relationship between the African National Congress and SinnContinue Reading
The ANC Statement On The Passing Of Martin McGuinness
This statement issued by the African National Congress (ANC) on the death of Martin McGuinness is an important reminder ofContinue Reading
Bill Clinton’s Remarkable Tribute To Martin McGuinness In Full
The former president of the United States of America, Bill Clinton, joined a host of other national and international dignitariesContinue Reading
The Socialist Party Takes A Poke At The Socialist Workers Party
Three weeks ago I published a short, tongue-in-cheek article highlighting the rarely discussed relationship between the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in Ireland and itsContinue Reading
The Gaelic Gestapo. Shaping The Language Of Hate In Scotland
To name a thing is to control a thing. Words have a power beyond the immediate and obvious. The processContinue Reading
Martin McGuinness, From Revolutionary To Statesman, 1950–2017
Though not entirely unexpected, the announcement of Martin McGuinness’ premature death through illness is still shocking in its own quiet way.Continue Reading
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