BBC Alba’s Audience Soars By 100,000 Viewers In Just Three Months
Since its launch in 2008 the Scottish language television channel, BBC Alba, has spent most of its time relegated toContinue Reading
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Galway – The Bilingual Capital Of Ireland
A new campaign to secure official bilingual status for Galway City, with all the benefits in tourism and commerce thatContinue Reading
Irish Language Television – Innovative, Dynamic, Irish…
Irish language television seems to be providing the most dynamic programming in Ireland these days, with the output from independentContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And The Irish Language – A Strategy For Confusion
John O’Dowd, the Sinn Féin minister for education in the Northern Executive, has refused permission for Irish medium nursery units toContinue Reading
Settler Versus Native – Culture Wars In The North Of Ireland
Thanks to Daithí for drawing my attention to this latest bit of nonsense from TUV leader Jim Allister, as heContinue Reading
The Independent Newspaper – Defending The Indefensible
Two weeks ago I was amongst the first online bloggers and commentators to highlight a book review by the British journalist RogerContinue Reading
Sitting At The Back Of The Bus – But Not For Much Longer…
The Irish language on TV3? Well not quiet. Ever since TV3 snatched away the exclusive broadcast rights to the GAA’sContinue Reading
Scottish – A Modern Language For A Modern Nation
In the Scotsman newspaper John Campbell challenges the Scottish Government to build on the high level of acceptance and supportContinue Reading
Jamie Bevan, Welsh Rights Activist, Jailed By British Authorities
News from Wales that Jamie Bevan, a Welsh rights activist with Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg (the Welsh Language Society), is to be imprisonedContinue Reading
Welcome To An Irish Ireland?
In Ireland we have the insane situation where a nation with its own native language has named the features ofContinue Reading
Alba – The Early Days Of A Better Nation
I have written many times before about the exceptional resurgence in Scotland of the Scottish language, especially amongst young Scots and urban dwellers, from a period when indifferenceContinue Reading
At Home Amongst The Bretons
So far I’ve carried little news on our Celtic cousins in Breizh (Brittany) and I’ve been taken to task forContinue Reading
The SNP – The Trouble With Christians
I recently examined the tabling of a motion in the Scottish parliament by the SNP’s John Mason essentially opposing legislation for same-sex marriages inContinue Reading
Forget David Starkey – Lets Talk About The Daily Mail And ‘Monkey Language’
As Britain England deals with the outcry over professor David Starkey’s controversial comments on the days of civil unrest thatContinue Reading
…Back Home In Derry
Well another Apprentice Boys’ march through the city of Doire (Derry) and another day of street protests as the BritishContinue Reading
The SNP – Distinctly Off-Message For Once
There is a major political row rumbling away in Scotland over the recent actions of the SNP’s John Mason, a member ofContinue Reading
All Kinds Of Everything In The Race For The Áras
Well, it seems my most recent article on Fine Goirm’s Gael’s presidential hopeful Gay Mitchell has unleashed something ofContinue Reading
British Unionists Target Irish And Immigrant Families In Portadown
It has been reported that at least 100 British Unionist rioters were involved in overnight clashes in the contested town of Portadown, as they attempted to attack theContinue Reading
A Tale Of Two Irelands
A depressing report in the Irish Times: ‘THE LONG-RUNNING controversy over what to call the popular Co Kerry tourist destination known variouslyContinue Reading
Named And Shamed – Discrimination In Ireland
In a highly unusual move a number of breaches of the Official Languages Act of 2003 by two state bodiesContinue Reading
Temple Bar, Chinatown – And An Ceathrú Gaeltachta?
Temple Bar is Dublin’s much vaunted ‘cultural quarter’ an area of the city centre designated for writers, poets, artists, galleries andContinue Reading
Bugger And Bedamned!
I was going to write something about this inanity but I really became too annoyed. ‘A controversial conference promoting a therapy thatContinue Reading
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