Ireland’s 800 Year Culture War
Recently a trilingual Danish acquaintance of mine, somewhat familiar with Ireland, asked me why is it that most of theContinue Reading
Category: Politics
Oireachtas Reform – Gilding A Poisoned Lilly
Some uncomfortable reading in the New York Times newspaper for Ireland’s Neo-Ascendancy elites as the author Tana French reveals theContinue Reading
The Would-Be Revolution Devours Its Children
As regular readers know I’m no fan of Ireland’s anti-republican Far Left parties, in particular the Socialist Party and theContinue Reading
Big Boost For Online Scottish Language Resource
Some great news for the ongoing development and growth of the Scottish language. The government of Scotland has announced aContinue Reading
Racist Fun With The Journal.ie
YAY! The Daily Edge, part of the “Irish” news and current affairs website TheJournal.ie, has a “humorous” article today onContinue Reading
Second-Class Irish
A Word From Japan, the occasional blog of an Irishman who was formerly resident in the Land of the RisingContinue Reading
The House Negro And The Big House Paddy
Some political activists from the African-American community in the United States have a pejorative term for a black person believedContinue Reading
Catalonia, Scotland And Québec
Couple of articles looking at the faltering fortunes of the sovereignty movements in Scotland and Québec when compared to theContinue Reading
Et Tu, Brute?
Interesting to see that we are not the only ones having trouble with our Senate. From the National Post inContinue Reading
Irish TV? We Should Be So Lucky!
So, essentially a big fuck you to the Irish-speaking citizens and communities of Ireland from former Trotskyite rebel-without-a-cause Pat Rabbitte,Continue Reading
Lord Laird Under The Microscope
That dubious champion of the Irish-Scots dialect, Lord Laird, is placed under the spotlight by Niall Meehan over on SpinwatchContinue Reading
Settler Culture
Some more displays of the British Unionist culture of the British Unionist minority in Ireland. Unrepresentative of the mainly Scots-IrishContinue Reading
David Norris, A Southern Unionist?
In 2011 Senator David Norris ran for the presidency of Ireland in a campaign beset by controversy about his somewhatContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil And The Brown Shirts
The Belfast cumann of Fianna Fáil wishes the Orange Order a happy July 12th (with a lovely photo of uniformedContinue Reading
The British Culture Of Ireland’s British Minority
July the 12th and the British culture of the British Unionist minority in Ireland at its worse: racist, sectarian, xenophobic,Continue Reading
Hyping Up A Seizure Of Weapons
Irish journalism surely loves its hyperbole. From the “Oirish” Mirror: “A large seizure of explosives and guns has put aContinue Reading
Discussing Irish Politics – Or The Lack Thereof
Some interesting views expressed underneath a post by WorldByStorm over on the Cedar Lounge Revolution: Do Irish people instinctively understandContinue Reading
Britnats Target SNP Website Through Avast!
Here’s a thing. The avast! Online Security and Web Reputation Plugin, a web browser extension bundled with one of the world’s mostContinue Reading
Ireland’s United Political Culture
There is something definitely a bit iffy about Irish politics of late, both at a national and a regional level.Continue Reading
Orange, Orange, All I See Is Orange
Watch out, the Orange Order is about! Yes that’s right, the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland has finally shown itsContinue Reading
A Shake Up In Māori Politics
Surprised to hear about the resignation of Pita Sharples, co-leader of Te Tōrangapū Māori or the Māori Party in New ZealandContinue Reading
The War Inside Guantanamo
Flashes of Long Kesh in this article from Gawker on the psychological war between prisoners and guards at the infamousContinue Reading
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