Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid
The latest electoral poll shows Sinn Féin on 21%, just a handful of points behind Fianna Fáil’s 25% and FineContinue Reading
Tag: Anglomedia
Revisionism Or War By Other Means
There is huge controversy in France at the moment after it was revealed in a local newspaper that a monumentContinue Reading
Ian O’Doherty – The Answer To A Question Nobody Asked
The latest noxious brain-fart from the Daily Mail wannabe in today’s Irish Independent newspaper: “Despite RTÉ’s incessant efforts to makeContinue Reading
The Empire Strike Back!
The results from the 2011 Census of Ireland published last week revealed continued growth in the Irish-speaking communities of the nation and theContinue Reading
Colum Kenny, The Irish Independent And Some Media Spin
Colum Kenny is a regular columnist for the Oirish Independent newspaper, popular amongst right-wing types and other motley conservatives. Here’s his bio from Dublin City University (DCU): “Professor ColumContinue Reading
A Native Place
The new Irish language social networking site Abair Leat!, which is primarily aimed at language learners, has been officially launchedContinue 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
Have You Seen The Size Of My Gun?!
The “Oirish” Daily Mirror carries an eye-grabbing headline: “We could have killed the Queen on Ireland visit, claim Real IRA”Continue Reading
Horrible Histories With The Sunday Independent
The Irish Independent’s pet “historian”, John Paul McCarthy, has written a lengthy article on some of the behind-the-scenes events relating to theContinue Reading
An Anti-Irish Free State?
I’ve written several pieces here about the shock and dismay felt by many Irish-speaking citizens across Ireland at the decision by the currentContinue Reading
Second Class Citizens With Second Class Rights
Two weeks ago I predicted that the Fine Gael led coalition government would use a review of the Official Languages Act of 2003 to reverse aContinue Reading
Scary Éire?
In the debate over the relative values of the Irish and English languages in contemporary Ireland one of the argumentsContinue Reading
The British Separatist Minority In Ireland. Or How To Use Political Violence And Get Away With It
Jude Collins is one of my favourite Irish bloggers, an author and journalist with a seemingly indefatigable supply of opinionsContinue Reading
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil – The Irish News Media And The Sam Smyth Scandal
As many regular readers may know (you are there, aren’t you?) I frequently bang on about the inequities of theContinue Reading
Anglophone Intolerance Speaks The Same Language – In Scotland Or Ireland
Just in case you thought it was safe to speak the Scottish language in Scotland along comes journalist Gina Davidson withContinue Reading
Playing The Race Card In Ireland
Poor old Kevin Myers is at it again: propagating his “race theory” of Irish politics (and society) thanks to theContinue Reading
Eoghan Harris, Free Speech And The Art Of Dissemblance
So, the Anglomedia’s “Anyone But McGuinness” campaign has taken a bit of a twist with claims that ex-Workers Party apparatchikContinue Reading
RTÉ Versus TG4
Ireland’s Anglophone media establishment has never been comfortable with the Irish language. Or indeed Irish speakers. The existence of bothContinue Reading
Lies, Damned Lies And The War In Ireland
Journalist Martina Devlin sets the readership of the Irish Independent (and others) fairly hopping with outrage over her latest opinion piece. CanContinue Reading
David Norris – One Revelation Too Many?
The sheen has certainly gone off Senator David Norris, someone I used to have enormous respect and admiration for (evenContinue Reading
McGuinness Won The Audience But Did He Win The Debate?
The audience poll results are in from Vincent Brown’s Presidential Debate on TV3, and though entirely unscientific, they show MartinContinue Reading
Anyone For Some Apartheid? Anglo-Irish Style!
Yesterday’s Irish Independent featured a letter pleading for support from readers for a new campaign to remove obligatory Irish language teachingContinue Reading
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