Irish News, Politics, Culture
This is what happens when members of the political establishment, the governing coalition parties and the sycophantic right-wing national press, conspire together toContinue Reading
Seanad Éireann, the quasi-democratic upper house of the Oireachtas, has an unenviable record for cronyism and patronage, serving downContinue Reading
Is it safe to comment on political matters in contemporary Ireland if one lacks the fig-leaf protection that comes withContinue Reading
30,000 or 100,000? That is the politically crucial question in relation to the numbers of people who attended yesterday’s massiveContinue Reading
In 1989 the Conservative Party government in Britain, under the premiership of Margaret Thatcher, introduced the officially regarded “community charge”Continue Reading
Last week I touched upon the new Troika-imposed water-tax that it is being rolled out across the country by the FineContinue Reading
Nazi-saluting British unionist and nationalist “No” supporters staging a rally in Glasgow this evening. Reports of violence and arrests already asContinue Reading
Probably way too early for this, and I know many Scots are genuinely heart-broken at the moment, but above isContinue Reading
Well I’ve waited half the morning to write this post and I’m still unsure of what to say. The feelingContinue Reading
From Trends Map an incredible graphic displaying early morning tweets supporting the “Yes” and “No” sides in the Scottish referendum.Continue Reading
James Connolly, son of Edinburgh and Dublin, with a message at the end of the 19th century for the land ofContinue Reading
Some recent tweets by @ansionnachfionn on the #IndyRef #BritNats so desperate they referencing #DadsArmy in #IndyRef so #VoteYes for #ScottishContinue Reading
There is an old saying in the history of Ireland that relates to the waves of immigration our island nation hasContinue Reading
When the children’s author JK Rowling announced her financial support for the anti-sovereignty side in Scotland’s forthcoming referendum on independenceContinue Reading
It says much for the fantasy politics of British nationalism that a decision by the English-born children’s author JK Rowling toContinue Reading
When religious fundamentalism combines with politics to create a cultural and societal norm that “the people” are expected to conform to it must alsoContinue Reading
The recent polls in Ireland and Scotland make for interesting reading in the run-up to the European and local electionsContinue Reading
Once again it takes an Irish journalist working in a foreign newspaper to write what the Irish press would neverContinue Reading
How many observers of Ireland’s patronage-based political system predicted that a failure to abolish Seanad Éireann by referendum would simplyContinue Reading
A quick post to note that after two-and-a-half years of existence An Sionnach Fionn has now passed 400,000 views, theContinue Reading
The Irish political classes. What a work of man they are. Throughout the 19th century they clung parasite-like to theContinue Reading
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