Germany’s Ultra Left – Getting It Wrong Again
An update for you on the controversy surrounding the banning of the bilingual Scottish punk band Oi Polloi from aContinue Reading
Category: Politics
Princes Of The Church
Since launching An Sionnach Fionn I’ve written relatively little on the scandalous record of the Roman Catholic Church and theContinue Reading
Death Squad Killers In The Land Down Under
An update on the revelations late last year by a BBC news documentary examining the murderous activities of the BritishContinue Reading
A Transgender Story Is A Human Story
Until the phenomenon of fandom engulfed popular culture (thanks to Joss Whedon, JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer amongst others) manyContinue Reading
Celtic Europe, Battling Bigotry From Left And Right
There is an influential theory held by an extremist minority on the Far Left of European politics which opposes aContinue Reading
German Music Festival Bans Gaelic-Punk Group?
Some surprising news from Scotland’s well-known anarcho-punk band Oi Polloi, a bilingual group who produce songs with both English andContinue Reading
The Hollow Pax Anglia
In the ongoing war for hearts and minds in Scotland over the question of independence it seems that the BritishContinue Reading
The Ghettoization Of The Irish Language
That perennial red herring, the manner in which the official national language of the nation-state of Ireland is taught inContinue Reading
Does He Mean Us? Yes, He Does
At the start of December last year I wrote a brief post marking the achievement of 400,000 views of AnContinue Reading
Chief Superintendent Harry Breen, What You Weren’t Told
In all the discussions stemming from last year’s controversy over the Smithwick report it is strange that no one in the press hasContinue Reading
The Second-Class Irish
Following his shock resignation from the post of An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner senior civil servant Seán ÓContinue Reading
The Abuse Of Indigenous Children In Canada
Following on from my post highlighting the appalling socio-economic conditions Canada’s native peoples live in comes this news via ViceContinue Reading
Margaretta D’Arcy Sends Irish Media Into Biblical Mode
Margaretta Ruth D’Arcy, writer, actress, Republican activist and member of the Aosdána (the elitist and abnormally secretive arts grouping), isContinue Reading
Who’s A Naughty Boy, Then?
It is interesting to note an article in today’s Irish Times by Shane O’Curry, the director of Enar Ireland (theContinue Reading
Labour TD Gets The Jitters
By all accounts a number of Labour TDs are casting extremely nervous eyes over their shoulders at the Sinn FéinContinue Reading
Irish History Meets Dan Brown
Do journalists in Ireland even bother to investigate the background to stories any more or are certain reports just usedContinue Reading
The Military Service Pensions Collection, Phase 1
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last 24 hours (or live outside of this emerald isle) youContinue Reading
Canadian Shame
The Irish Medical Times carries an article by Lloyd Mudiwa examining the appalling conditions the indigenous peoples of North AmericaContinue Reading
Galloway To The Gaels – You Are A Nonpeople
George Galloway, the politically promiscuous left-wing face of British nationalism in Scotland, on the identity of those men, women and childrenContinue Reading
A Gaeilgeoir Political Party?
Further to the meeting of representatives from various Irish rights’ organisations on January 11th in Dublin the news and currentContinue Reading
It’s All About The Metadata
I’ve written before about the importance of “raw data” in any revolutionary or military struggle and while that may seemContinue Reading
The Daily Bigot
I was briefly contemplating a new series for An Sionnach Fionn, a name and shame game for the many AnglophoneContinue Reading
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