One Law For Them – Another Law For Us
Well, we’ve heard it all now. Alan Shatter, the Minister of Justice (and off-the-record tips from the Gardaí on OppositionContinue Reading
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Ireland’s British Troubles
Interesting revelation from court documents released in Belfast (via the Detail), where Ciarán Martin, the former Security and Intelligence adviserContinue Reading
NAMA Wine Lake Closes – Irish Elites Breathe Easier
NAMA Wine Lake is no more. And so goes another keen observer of government and establishment misdoings while the craven media continuesContinue Reading
Nigel, Nigel, Nigel – Out, Out, Out
Scottish blogger James Kelly calls it right as he examines the ignoble retreat of the UKIP leader Nigel Farage fromContinue Reading
Language Wars – Coming To A Sign Near You Soon
More new from the Pax Anglia, via the Dunfermline Press: “… councillor Dave Dempsey is proposing that road signs inContinue Reading
Irish Pride! Where The NRA Goes Others Follow!
Who knew that Ireland’s National Roads Authority and related construction industry was also employed in Latin America? From the Guardian newspaper: “AContinue Reading
United We Stand?
Since the signing of the multilateral Belfast Agreement of 1998 there has been a debate around the question of havingContinue Reading
The British Left – Britannia Über Alles!
One of the reasons why I despise so many on the British “Left” is their utter and complete hypocrisy whenContinue Reading
Research Reveals Popular Support For Scottish Language
Soillse is a research initiative between several universities in Scotland and its latest report on attitudes across the nation toContinue Reading
Two Upcoming Events, Tolkien And The Irish Invincibles
Quick post to promote two upcoming events I’ve been asked to highlight. The first is a conference organised by Dr Shane Kenna titledContinue Reading
Scottish Labour, A Deeper Shade Of Orange
Traditionally in Scotland the immigrant Irish, second and third-generation Irish-Scots and Scottish-born Roman Catholic communities were wary of Scottish NationalismContinue Reading
Deaf, Dumb And Blind – The Irish Media On British Terrorism In Ireland
We are told repeatedly by the political establishments in Ireland and Britain that there is no hierarchy of victims inContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil Moves North – Again
Will this be another false dawn for Fianna Fáil’s oft promised yet rarely materialised intention to organise as a political party in the north-eastContinue Reading
The Gathering, Mafialand 2013
A story to illustrate the reality of life in contemporary Ireland. From the Irish Times: “Gardaí are trying to establishContinue Reading
Fine Gael – We Got 99 Problems But A Bitch Ain’t One
Interesting article on Bloomberg examining the impact of Europe’s economic depression and how that has effected the north-east of IrelandContinue Reading
Some More WikiWar News
As a keen observer of both politics and technology I have spent the last decade and more watching the riseContinue Reading
The British Press Gloats Over The Boston Bombings
One wonders what the people of the United States of America will make of the British media’s barely contained gloating overContinue Reading
A Letter From Irish Ireland
From the BBC a story that reminds us that many people on this island owe a loyalty to a nationContinue Reading
The Hedge Fund Barons – Mr Tepper
A video and song by Mick Blake dedicated to David Tepper, the American hedge fund manager and founder of Appaloosa Management whose involvement inContinue Reading
Ruairidh Arascain Is Mhàirr
Good article by Patrick Witt on the Irish Story examining the late 19th and early 20th Scottish Gaelic Republican writer RuairaidhContinue Reading
Crowd-Sourced Questions For Micheál Martin
Mick Fealty of the Irish news and current affairs blog Slugger O’Toole is looking for crowd-sourced questions to put toContinue Reading
Unionists Launch A Party That Is Not Sectarian, Racist Or Fascist
Though it is called the “Protestant Coalition”. It only exists to further “the empowerment of the PUL (Protestant Unionist Loyalist)Continue Reading
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