A NIP In The Air
Political parties are a lot like buses. You don’t see one for ages then two come along at once. Well,Continue Reading
Category: Politics
The Marc Coleman Show On The Irish Language
The Marc Coleman Show, to be broadcast on Dublin’s Newstalk radio, will be examining Ireland’s relationship with the Irish languageContinue Reading
Paisley On Paisley
In a series of interviews recorded for television broadcast the reverend Ian Paisley, the former leader of the DUP andContinue Reading
Latest Poll Numbers
Despite the hammering Sinn Féin has taken in the national media the latest poll from Paddy Power/Red C reveals theContinue Reading
England, Wales And Southern Scotland
Not so long ago I set a rather large cat loose amongst some red, white and blue pigeons when IContinue Reading
Ooh, Ah, Up The RA
Okay, I admit it, the team at 1169 And Counting got me with this one until I followed the link.Continue Reading
Second-Class Service For Second-Class Citizens
Given the news yesterday about a group of young people from Ireland being subject to racial abuse by a taxiContinue Reading
Glasgow’s English Problem
Around eight or nine years ago a friend of mine was travelling in a taxi in Dublin on her wayContinue Reading
Republican Factionalism Down South
Talking of people or organisations with questionable beliefs Republicans are not without their faults, as illustrated by this local newspaperContinue Reading
Nowhere Man Sitting In His Nowhere Land
The newspaper columnist Alex Kane, a former leading light of the Ulster Unionist Party until his surprise resignation, is widelyContinue Reading
Europe’s Shame, The Last Colony
Today the Irish Times newspaper carries an opinion piece from the academic Richard Irvine analysing the restrictions on the flying ofContinue Reading
Armed Gardaí, An Unwelcome Echo Of The Past
Garda Síochana na hÉireann, Ireland’s national police service, has a long and fine tradition of policing by consent. This canContinue Reading
SNP Top The Last Poll Of 2013
Despite the earnest wishes (not to mention cliché-ridden propaganda) of the Unionist media establishment in Scotland and Britain the latestContinue Reading
Viva La Revolución!
Rarely have I agreed with an article more than this opinion piece by Tom Law featured on the Sabotage TimesContinue Reading
Beware, The Natives Are Getting Restless!
Talking of the hypocrisy that pervades the media establishment here’s Liam Fay, also in the Irish Independent, with a thinly veiledContinue Reading
Irish Journalism, LOL!
In today’s Irish Independent newspaper regular columnist Eoghan Harris recounts a forty year old tale that perfectly illustrates the perverseContinue Reading
Irish Republican Language
Over the last several months there has been a noticeable spike in requests from various people seeking help with IrishContinue Reading
Where Have All The Sociopaths Gone?
It say’s much for the twisted political allegiances of the media establishment in Ireland that the country’s largest national newspaperContinue Reading
Barrel Bombs, The Terror From Above
Over on the Brown Moses blog Richard M. Lloyd has a lengthy examination of the technology behind the so-called barrelContinue Reading
Óglaigh na hÉireann – ÓnaÉ
One can understand foreign news media misinterpreting the Irish language but our domestic equivalents? The title Óglaigh na hÉireann seemsContinue Reading
The Not So Royal Gaels
Here is a story on the Scottish language (Scottish Gaelic) that has been rumbling away for the last couple ofContinue Reading
Irish In Belfast, Not The Full Story
There’s an interesting if at times clichéd article on the Irish-speaking community of Belfast in the Economist magazine. While itContinue Reading
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