British-Backed Separatists In Ireland’s Ulster Region Renew Offensive
A chilling interview in the Daily Beast with “Big John”, a notorious commander with the British separatist militias in the north-east ofContinue Reading
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No British Justice, No Irish Peace
Couple of things brought to my attention. The first is the case of Christy Walsh, a citizen of thisContinue Reading
Irish Journalism On Trial
If you are anything like me you probably enjoyed watching the great and the good of the Irish press corps squirmingContinue Reading
Independent News And Media, The Ideological Enemy Within
During the revolutionary period in Ireland – by academic convention the six years from 1916 to 1921 – the British government authorised the official execution of forty-one Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
David Cameron Versus Ed Miliband In Sky News Channel 4 Debate
For those who missed it, the big Sky News / Channel 4 television debate in Britain featuring the Conservative’s David CameronContinue Reading
Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, The Unconquered And Unconquerable
By anyone’s standards the Irish revolutionary Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa was a remarkable human being. Born into a peasant family in theContinue Reading
The United States, Whistling Past The Graveyard Of Empires
To consider the political, diplomatic, military and financial quagmire that Afghanistan has proved to be for the United StatesContinue Reading
La Rebelle De Raqqa
From France 24, the story of Haya El Ali, a young Syrian woman who befriended female members of the Islamic StateContinue Reading
Opposing Austernomics, A Moral And Social Issue
It seems that political parties are like buses: you wait for ages for one to come along and then twoContinue Reading
Water Charges And A Coalition Of The Doomed
Water charges. The political Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of Labour Party TDanna in constituencies across the country, whoseContinue Reading
Britain’s Tribal Grudges Risks Renewed Conflict In Ireland
The Irish have made peace but have the British? That is the question asked by veteran journalist and author EdContinue Reading
Up To 80,000 Protest Imposition Of Water Charges
In light of recent improved polling members and supporters of the governing Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition were predicting aContinue Reading
Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie
Quick post to highlight two related articles from Tom’s Dispatch that I think are well worth reading. The first, by NanContinue Reading
Fighting To Speak Irish, Forced To Speak English
@thetwicket @MisneachNYC €billions per annum promoting the ENGLISH language, including compulsory useage, and this indeed is what it gets us —Continue Reading
Would Sinn Féin Support Naomi Long In East Belfast?
Following on from my post yesterday examining the announcement that the DUP and UUP will be supporting agreed candidates in four key constituencies for the WestminsterContinue Reading
30 Years On And Britain Maintains The Kincora Boys Home Cover-Up
In my last post highlighting the demands from campaigners in Ireland that the British authorities in the north-east of the countryContinue Reading
DUP and UUP Agree Candidates For Pan-Unionist Axis
So the blog We In Coming Days got there first with the headline-grabbing news that the main British Unionist partiesContinue Reading
Barack Obama: ISIL… Grew Out Of Our Invasion
Related to my post on the rise of Iran as a regional superpower in the Middle East as a consequenceContinue Reading
Iran Emerges From The US War On Terror As A Regional Superpower
One of the more interesting if unintended outcomes of the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 has been the elevationContinue Reading
Oil Troubles
If you don’t follow the blog “Tom’s Dispatch” by the American journalist and editor Tom Engelhardt you are missing out on someContinue Reading
Lucinda Creighton Going Renua Or Ré Nua
Lucinda Creighton, ex-Fine Gael rebel and pumped-up darling of the right-wing press, has finally nailed her colours to the mastContinue Reading
Gerry Adams And The Problem Of Surviving The Cause
A different take on the post-conflict career of Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, guerilla-turned-politician, from the journalist Michael Brendan Dougherty writingContinue Reading
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