UVF-Led Unionist Mobs Attacking Nationalist Areas In Belfast Again
Reports coming in now from UTV: ‘Hundreds of people are firing missiles in the Short Strand and lower Newtownards RoadContinue Reading
Category: Politics
Loyalty Versus Counter-Insurgency – Or What To Do When The British No Longer Need You?
Excellent reporting from Jason Walsh in the CS Monitor on yesterday’s UVF-led rioting in Belfast, asking the questions you’re unlikelyContinue Reading
UVF Organised Attacks On Nationalist Enclave
Confirmation today that the East Belfast wing of the British Unionist terrorist group, the UVF, organised the sustained assault on the Irish Nationalist enclaveContinue Reading
British Unionist Gangs Attack Nationalist Community In Belfast
The Short Strand area of Belfast, which has a large Irish Nationalist community, has come under sustained attack this evening and tonight from gangs of British Unionist rioters,Continue Reading
Lies, Damned Lies, And… Polls
According to the latest Northern Ireland Life and Times survey as reported in the Irish Times: ‘…one in three Catholics (33 per cent) want a unitedContinue Reading
Roibeárd ‘Bobaí’ Ó Seachnasaigh
Interesting and timely article from journalist and media lecturer Roy Greenslade in the Guardian newspaper on the anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes. He begins: ‘Thirty years ago,Continue Reading
Plucky Little Belgium – Or Why Artificial States Fail
The Irish Times reports on the continued deadlock in Belgium – and why one way or another something is going to give… ‘InContinue Reading
Old John Brown…
The main (and possibly only) thing most people outside of the United States know about the historical figure of JohnContinue Reading
Enda Kenny: Trust Me, I’m A Politician
You gotta love Enda ‘Paddy‘ Kenny. Sure, without him wouldn’t we still be living with a government of corrupt, lying, money-grabbing shysters, out to doContinue Reading
Scotland The Brave – And Free?
A new poll in the Herald Scotland shows increased support for Scottish Independence. According to the newspaper: ‘The number of peopleContinue Reading
New Scottish Language School For Edinburgh?
Welcome news that Dún Éideann / Edinburgh city council are considering a dedicated Scottish language school for the city, as demand for Scottish-mediumContinue Reading
Enda ‘Paddy’ Kenny Strikes Again!
An Taoiseach Enda ‘My Oirish Brings All The Paddies To The Yard‘ Kenny has come up with another golden nuggetContinue Reading
Playing The Red Card – British Unionists, A Free Scotland And The United States
We’ve all heard and read about British Unionists Nationalists playing the Orange Card to protect the ‘Union’ as Ireland reached its penultimate struggleContinue Reading
The TUV Goes Irish – Thanks To Hector O’Hackatdawn!
The website of irredentist British Unionist party the Traditional Unionost Voice (or TUV), was hacked earlier today by IrishContinue Reading
The Irish Republican Army Way – And The Taliban Way
The War Nerd (aka Gary Brecher aka John Dolan) examines the Long War military and political strategies of the (Provisional)Continue Reading
Left Archive: An tÓglach – Offical Organ of the Irish Republican Army, December 1967 (via The Cedar Lounge Revolution)
Historian Brian Hanley looks at the Irish Republican Army in the late 1960s through its internal publication, An tÓglach ‘TheContinue Reading
Dad’s Army Panic Grips The British Left – Thanks To Alex Salmond
One of the more enjoyable aspects of the last few weeks has been watching the defenders of the neighbouring artificialContinue Reading
The Phoenix Rising?
According to a special investigative report in the British newspaper, the Independent on Sunday, the continuing rise of the so-called “Dissident Republican” movements in Ireland,Continue Reading
Ireland’s Anglomedia Establishment – Turning On Its Own?
Odd event of the week: Ireland’s Anglomedia establishment turning on one of its own, as Senator David Norris sees his presidential hopes beginning to frayContinue Reading
Éamon Gilmore, Lisbon II, And Selective Memory Syndrome
Poor oul Éamon Gilmore. That doyen of the Liberal Left has been caught out again with his much-discussed and seeminglyContinue Reading
David Norris, The Presidency, 1916, And All That
Senator David Norris addresses the chief charge in opposition to his candidacy for the office of the President of Ireland, and substantively so in my opinion. HereContinue Reading
Imagine Ireland – Without The Irish?
The last week has seen a round of PR hullabaloo and government press spinning to publicise Imagine Ireland, a government-backedContinue Reading
