Celtic-Speaking Communities Of Britain Denied Funding
While most eyes and ears were focused on the headline-grabbing announcements in the November budgetary review by the UK’s aristocratic finance minister, George Osborne, moreContinue Reading
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The Farcical Wikipedia Entry On The Islamic Real IRA
However praiseworthy the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia may be for its free dissemination of knowledge to the users of the internetContinue Reading
The Irish Driver Theory Test – In Gaelic?
A couple of days ago I was helping my sister complete her online application form for the driver theory test when we encountered a drop-downContinue Reading
A British Tank On An Irish Street
On the 13th of January 1921 a number of British soldiers manning a vehicle-checkpoint on O’Connell Bridge, the main river-crossingContinue Reading
#MyNameIs And #NINA As Facebook Claims Irish Names Are Not Real Names
Over the last several months a number of people from Ireland and the Irish diaspora have been barred from the American social networking platform,Continue Reading
How To Fix The Google Chrome Has Stopped Working Issue
COMODO Internet Security is probably not as well known as other anti-viral and firewall suites like Avast or AVG but it hasContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn, On Your Smartphone And Tablet
Back in February the internet giant Google announced significant future changes to the way it handled online searches, prioritising websites that adaptedContinue Reading
Citizen Journalism And Bellingcat
If you are interested in what is commonly known as “citizen journalism“, the internet-invigorated tradition of independent news reporting and analyses coming from individualsContinue Reading
Israel On The Road To Self-Destruction
It is somewhat dispiriting, for those on the progressive left, to watch Israel’s continued slide into sectarian and racial totalitarianism,Continue Reading
The Eircode Controversy Or Screwing The Irish In That Other England
Eircode, the controversial, multi-million euro postal code system for Ireland, has been launched by Alex White, the coalition’s minister forContinue Reading
Microsoft’s Rudderless Ship Dumps More Crew
News that Microsoft is to shed nearly eight thousand staff from its global operations should come as a surprise toContinue Reading
The Blog Awards Ireland 2015
I’ve received several messages from attentive readers in relation to the Blog Awards Ireland 2015, which are now open forContinue Reading
Irish Language Rights Are No Rights At All
Coincidental to the temporary silencing of a compliant Irish press by a billionaire businessman whose past dealings have become mired in controversy,Continue Reading
The Real and Fake Twitter Followers Of TheJournal.ie And George Hook
Back in March the social networking site Facebook insisted that I change my personal FB profile to a promotional FacebookContinue Reading
The Fallen Of World War II
The “Fallen of World War II” is a data-driven feature examining the human cost of the Second World War, measuring the losses incurred to otherContinue Reading
Fathers And Mothers Matter, Respect And Understanding Not So Much
We are in the last week of the referendum campaign debating the addition of a new sub-section to Bunreacht naContinue Reading
Google Ngram Viewer, Irish Republican Army, Fenian, Fenians
Judging by the positive reactions it seems that many of you have enjoyed my occasional posts highlighting the earliest occurrences of the term “Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
2000 AD and Judge Dredd Quality Comics’ Collection
The problem with being a hopeless Teicógach (or Irish Geek) is the habit of collecting one’s interests – or obsessions –Continue Reading
The Paramilitary Wing Of The CIA And The Russian Cybermilitary
Here is an interesting peek at the increasing militarisation of the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA, the premier espionage service of theContinue Reading
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Hugogate Or The Hugo Awards, Sad Puppies And Rabid Puppies
When I was growing up in Ireland during the 1980s and ’90s possessing a passion for Science-Fiction almost inevitably led one toContinue Reading
Facebook Sucks Balls
A quick posting to apologise to all my friends on Facebook. Unfortunately the powers-that-be have forced me to switch from holdingContinue Reading
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