The British Culture Of Ireland’s British Minority
July the 12th and the British culture of the British Unionist minority in Ireland at its worse: racist, sectarian, xenophobic,Continue Reading
Tag: Discrimination
Ulster-Scots – Courtesy Of The Irish Tax-Payer
The Ulster-Scots Agency or Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch was set up as part of the negotiations surrounding the Irish Peace Process ofContinue Reading
The Hidden Irish
Veteran former newspaper editor and journalist Gerard O’Regan has a somewhat tongue-in-cheek article in the Irish Independent headlined: “It’s pointlessContinue Reading
Irish, Irish, Irish – Out, Out, Out!
The Committee on the Administration of Justice (CAJ) is a thirty year old independent human rights organisation based in IrelandContinue Reading
Scotland’s Missing Scottish Question
There is an excellent article on Bella Caledonia by Wilson McLeod examining the failure of the SNP-led Scottish Government toContinue Reading
Fighting In Tongues
It’s been announced that Derry is to get a new Irish language community radio station, Raidió G, which will beContinue Reading
They Don’t Hate Irish, They Hate Irish-Speakers
The Newsletter reports that Belfast City Council has voted against applying for funds in order to establish an Irish languageContinue Reading
Calling It Like It Is
Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, has made a telling point in relation to the Irish language, a point thatContinue Reading
Language Wars – Coming To A Sign Near You Soon
More new from the Pax Anglia, via the Dunfermline Press: “… councillor Dave Dempsey is proposing that road signs inContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Lack Of Irish Vision
Below is the list of motions dealing with the Irish language to be debated at this year’s Sinn Féin partyContinue Reading
Anglophone Supremacists Don’t Just Hate Irish – They Hate Those Who Speak Irish
“Irish language schools targeted over restrictive entrance rules” So screams the headline in today’s Anti-Irish Independent newspaper. In the follow-up article we are told that:Continue Reading
No Taxation Without Representation!
So the documentation for the latest state-sponsored extortion racket has arrived in the post under the guise of the Local Property Tax. HoweverContinue Reading
Dehumanizing Irish-Speakers – Anti-Irish Propaganda In Modern Ireland
So I took a few days break away from An Sionnach Fionn. Not to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day, you understand,Continue Reading
Mind Your Language!
Following on from my post examining the scandal of a young Irish man arrested and detained in handcuffs by theContinue Reading
Arrested For Speaking Irish – Welcome To Anglo-Ireland!
Seán Ó Cuirreáin, an Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner, released his Annual Report for 2012 at an event in Galway yesterday and itContinue Reading
Fine Béarla
Not the story you might think but the headline seems appropriate enough… 😉
Flying The Flag For English In The North of Ireland
The Detail has a lengthy article based on an original investigation by Meon Eile examining allegations of anti-Irish polices beingContinue Reading
How Can The Irish State Ignore The Wishes Of 41% Of Its Citizens?
An article in the Irish Times by Seán Tadgh Ó Gairbhí examining the reaction of people in Ireland to theContinue Reading
Where’s The Irish At The Irish Constitutional Convention?
As I have noted many times before there is a certain desire in the body politic (and its media acolytes)Continue Reading
My Identity Is Not Negotiable
For the last decade and more I’ve worked for a company in Ireland that is a major subsidiary of an international corporationContinue Reading
The End Of Gaelscéal?
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
There’s No Irish In Ireland!
The Hidden Ireland blog highlights news of discrimination against the Irish-speaking communities and citizens of Ireland for their English-speaking peersContinue Reading
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