Heard The One About The Self-Hating Irishman?
From the Mayo News yet more depressing evidence of how no one hates the Irish as much as the Irish themselves: “Gaeltacht communities who call for bilingualContinue Reading
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What About Our Irish Rights?
The much heralded Constitutional Convention is finally on the horizon after many a false dawn. According to the Irish Times: “TheContinue Reading
Young Fine Gael – The Irony Is In The Name
Over the last year I have catalogued on An Sionnach Fionn the inherent hostility of the right-wing Fine Gael party to the Irish languageContinue Reading
From Irish Ireland To English Ireland
There’s been something of a surprise result from Latvia where a national referendum has rejected moves to make Russian theContinue Reading
Speaking In Two Tongues
Do you know that you live in an officially bilingual Ireland? Believe it or not but the Government of IrelandContinue Reading
Guns For Hire – From RIC To RUC
In the 1920s, following the British defeat in Ireland’s War of Independence, many serving members of Britain’ paramilitary police forceContinue Reading
GQ Magazine – Rebellious Scots To Crush!
Crikey, law’ luv-a-duck! The ‘nglish meadja establishment is so bloomin’ terrified of Alex Salmond an’ ‘is SNP stormtroopers that evenContinue Reading
Anne Coulter – Close Encounters Of A Right-wing Kind
I’ve been asked by a couple of readers to offer some commentary on the current contest amongst the Republican PartyContinue Reading
Ivan Yates – No Irish For Your Children. But Plenty Of Irish For Mine!
Scratch a Blueshirt, even an ex-Blueshirt, and it doesn’t take long for the Inner Anglo to come out. Ivan Yates, former FineContinue Reading
Fantasy Troubles Part III – Britain’s Superspies!
Back in December 2011 I addressed the grossly exaggerated issue of the alleged penetration of the (Provisional) Irish Republican Army by BritishContinue Reading
The Sunday Independent Has An Article On Irish History – Which Favours The Irish!
Something truly strange must have happened in the offices of the Sunday Anglo Independent over the last few days. Why?Continue Reading
The North Of Ireland: Roman Catholics 40% Of Population, 61% Of Unemployed
Author and journalist Jude Collins has an article with the Belfast Media Group examining the continued apartheid nature of the British-administered north-east of IrelandContinue Reading
More Parallels Between Québec, Scotland And Beyond
Some more lessons for Scotland and the SNP from the history of the independence movement in Québec? A Reuters report in theContinue Reading
Mebyon Kernow – The Party For Cornwall
Mebyon Kernow, the Party for Cornwall, is currently engaged on a drive to recruit more members and activists following renewed interest in the Cornish nationalist movement.Continue Reading
The Future Is Irish
Yesterday the Irish government announced a major review of how the state legally recognises certain regions of the country as GaeltachtaíContinue Reading
Discrimination Dressed As Reasonableness… Isn’t It Always?
An article in the Irish Times decries the alleged “preferential” treatment given to Irish-speaking children in the education system because some studentsContinue Reading
Fantasy Troubles – Part Two! “Proud Of Being Irish Is Like Being Proud Of Having Leprosy”
Well, hello there, and welcome to another in my occasional series of “Fantasy Troubles“. This latest entry comes courtesy of those crazy BritContinue Reading
Contrasting Attitudes – Ireland And Wales
Earlier I talked about the hostility of many in the Irish civil service to the Irish language, and in particular the wilful misinterpretations orContinue Reading
Wales – Exit Stage Left?
There is a surprisingly sympathetic article looking at Welsh nationalism, Plaid Cymru and the Plaid leadership candidate Leanne Wood in the Guardian newspaper:Continue Reading
Irish Press Freedom – A Drop In Global Ranking For 2011-2012
The 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders has been released and it shows that Ireland has dropped five places from number 10Continue Reading
The Pettiness Of Casual Discrimination In Ireland
From the Irish Times, a story about a seemingly causal act of unthinking discrimination that actually reveals quiet a lot about the thinking ofContinue Reading
One Man’s Terrorist – You Know The Rest…
Over the years I’ve always been amused by the strong, pro-British line taken by much of the mainstream US mediaContinue Reading
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