The Truth About Bloody Sunday – Another Episode From Britain’s Forever War In Ireland
Interesting article by Brendan O’Neill over on Spiked Online, examining the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972 when British troops attacked a civilContinue Reading
Category: Politics
Independence, Devo-Max, Status Quo: 1, 2, 3
Back in December I wrote an article suggesting that the SNP should consider staging the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum (nowContinue Reading
The Real World Value Of Ireland’s Indigenous Language And Culture
Numerous experts in the area of language tourism have pointed to the failure of the Irish state to promote andContinue Reading
No 11% Has The Right To Fix The Boundary Of A Nation
According to the Irish Examiner the North’s deputy Joint First Minister, Martin McGuinness, has called for a northern referendum on the reunificationContinue Reading
Less The Bomb And Bullet, More The Pound And Pence
Vote Independence, get the dole? That seems to be the message from the Scottish entrepreneur Michelle Mone who’s threatened to closeContinue Reading
Latest Poll: 51% Favour Scottish Independence
According to a Sunday Express poll 51% of the voters in Scotland now support independence, the first time this percentage has beenContinue Reading
Enda “My Oirish Brings All The Paddies To The Yard” Kenny Strikes Yet Again!
An Taoiseach na nOirish, Enda “Paddy Wants To Know” Kenny, strikes again. A man who personifies everything that is “Oirland”, a patheticContinue Reading
Let Us Never Forget – World Holocaust Memorial Day
Today is World Holocaust Memorial Day, and it would be wrong to let it pass without comment. Though human historyContinue Reading
Plaid Cymru On The Up
Plaid Cymru has reported a 23% increase in membership over the last four months as the party’s leadership contest hasContinue Reading
Cornwall Awakening
To my shame I’ve written relatively little about the nationalist movement in Cornwall, in some ways the almost forgotten nation of theContinue Reading
From Königsberg To Kaliningrad – The Mutable Nature Of European Borders
A fascinating article from Der Spiegel on the visit of the veteran 81 year old German and Hollywood actor Armin Mueller-StahlContinue Reading
Scottish Troubles?
Two weeks ago I reported on calls by some politicians from the British (Unionist) minority in Ireland, notably former senior UUP leader John Taylor,Continue Reading
Irish Rights Are Equals Rights – So Fight Back!
Over the last several months I have regularly highlighted the alarm felt by many in Ireland and beyond over the Fine Gael-LabourContinue Reading
Native America, Native Ireland And The Culture Of Anti-Colonial Conflict
Interesting article by Native American activist Lawrence Sampson on Ireland, the United States and the culture of anti-colonial conflict – andContinue Reading
Who Remembers Sam Marshall? The Murder Of An Irish Citizen By A Foreign State
Mark McGregor examines some of the reaction to the release of veteran Irish Republican Colin Duffy following the so-called Masserene Barracks Trial in Belfast,Continue Reading
A Second-Class Education For Second-Class Pupils
The recent announcements by the FG-Lab coalition government that is to “re-adjust” teacher-to-pupil numbers in classrooms acroos the country has drawn a groundswell of condemnation, notContinue Reading
Troika Bagman Gets A Grilling!
Veteran Irish journalist Vincent Brown takes on the Troika bagman, Klaus Masuch, at the EU-ECB-IMF Press Conference in Dublin with someContinue Reading
Kevin Myers On President Obama: Racially, A Half And Half Mulatto
As regular readers may have gathered I’ve long regarded Kevin Myers, the British-born journalist, as one of the chief proponents of the bizarre formContinue Reading
When Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Nice article from Lindsey Catherine Cornum over at her Mixed Blood Messages blog, on some recent headline events: “Three videos premièred on theContinue Reading
Meanwhile In Ireland, Another Form Of Censorship…
The Irish Times carries a report on the protests by various Irish language organisations to the latest moves by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition governmentContinue Reading
Stop Censorship! Protect Internet Freedoms!
Thank you to everyone who contacted me over the last 24 hours as An Sionnach Fionn joined the global internetContinue Reading
Political Policing
Journalist and author Ed Moloney has an important piece on his blog looking at Sinn Féin’s seeming indifference to the Boston Tapes controversy,Continue Reading
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