Smells Like Victory
Controversy, controversy, controversy. Or at least what the “media” in all its wisdom deems to be controversial. And yet againContinue Reading
Category: Politics
Kicking The Pale Where It Hurts
Here in Ireland a virulent minority of the population, anglophone supremacists and other Neo-Unionist remnants of the former British colonyContinue Reading
Dirty Secrets Of A Dirty War
After several recent posts on An Sionnach Fionn detailing British war crimes in Ireland over the four decades of the northern conflict perhaps IContinue Reading
The Butcher’s Apron – Britain’s War In Ireland
A few days ago I discussed the casual revelation by a former British Intelligence agent, the writer and historian HarryContinue Reading
You Spin Me Right Round, Baby, Right Round…
It seems that when it comes to coverage by the British news media on the independence campaign in Scotland allContinue Reading
Gaeltacht Bill 2012 – Progress Or Hidden Agenda?
The FG-Lab coalition government has finally produced its long expected Gaeltacht Bill 2012, the most controversial piece of legislation toContinue Reading
Britain At War – Terror In Ireland
Veteran Irish journalist and writer Ed Moloney in CounterPunch on President Obama’s continued adherence to the strategy and tactics ofContinue Reading
TG4 And RnaG – Time For A Single Irish Public Broadcasting Service
The Oirish Independent newspaper carries a report announcing “major reforms at RTÉ”, especially in relation to its, er, Irish languageContinue Reading
Ulster-Scots – Full Marks For Invention
The Belfast Telegraph has got into the polling gimmick in a big way recently (blame it’s “sister” paper, the OirishContinue Reading
Former British Agent Admits Irish Citizens Were Waterboarded
I’ve written about the widespread use of torture, both physical and psychological, by the British Forces in the UK-administrated north-eastContinue Reading
Ken Maginnis – Down With This Sort Of Thing
Politicians from the British separatist minority in Ireland never seem to die; they just seem to get crankier with age.Continue Reading
Slugger O’Toole – Givin’ It To The Argies!
Hmm. It seems that the Belfast-based Irish news and current affairs blog Slugger O’Toole is joining in with Britain’s renewed Cold WarContinue Reading
The French Elections 2012 – The Breton Connection
The Agence Bretagne Presse carries the results of the first round of votes to the French parliament from Brittany (in French, of course). NationalistContinue Reading
The British “N” Word – Nationalism
The Lallands Peat Worrier is one of the most literate and erudite writers in the Scottish Nationalist blogosphere. He isContinue Reading
Burning The Village To Save The Villlage
It seems that the British Nationalist campaign to “save the Union” is quickly reverting to type (not to mention historical precedence)Continue Reading
Keeping Paddy In His Place
A short but very sobering post from WorldByStorm over at the Cedar Lounge Revolution: “Reading that the unemployment rate isContinue Reading
Danish In Germany
Here’s an interesting one from the Economist (via Slugger O’Toole), on Germany’s Danish minority and the sometimes artificial nature ofContinue Reading
The Dream Of Roger Casement
Nobel prize-winner Mario Vargas Llosa has a short article in the Daily Telegraph (yes, I know, not my usual choiceContinue Reading
Life As Usual In The Westie Independent
Oh for God’s sake… “An Englishman gave us back our flag — and now we are reclaiming our own languageContinue Reading
Native Americans – Life As Usual In The Occupied Territories
When I was growing up in Ireland and it came to playing that age old game of “Cowboys and Indians”Continue Reading
The Guardian – A Time-Travelling Newspaper
Time-travelling reporting with the Guardian – news 24 hours in advance! Oh well. Let us hope they are right and the NÍL sideContinue Reading
No Peace For The Basque Country
Just a quick post to note the strange events in the Basque Country, both Spanish- and French-ruled, where despite the declared cessation of operations byContinue Reading
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