The Colonialist Ideology That Drives The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
In the run-up to last May’s elections for the regional assembly at Stormont the leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)Continue Reading
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Language Strategies In Ireland And Wales, Tokenism For The Natives
On the 21st of December 2010 the then coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party launched the “20-Year Strategy for theContinue Reading
Views On The Thick Micks From The Colonial Brits
So you’re browsing through the website of a mainstream national newspaper in Ireland and you unexpectedly stumble upon an article indulging the noxiousContinue Reading
The Eleventh Night, The Twelfth Of July And Britain’s Colony In The European Union
As is now the norm, on the night of July 11th a significant part of the unionist – or pro-British – minority in IrelandContinue Reading
But What’s Your Name In English?
Thomas Sutherland writing on the South African digital current affairs platform, News24: “Last night, a friend and I walked into a bar in PortContinue Reading
DUP Favours British Beer-Swilling Thugs Before Irish Special Needs Children
In April of this year, Arlene Foster, the belligerent leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the majority pro-UK partner in theContinue Reading
Beyond The Pale. Irish-Speakers In Modern Ireland
How colonised are the Irish? Very colonised? Super colonised? Utterly-and-completely-fucked-up-beyond-all-hope-of-recovery colonised? One might be inclined to chose the latter givenContinue Reading
Government Rejects Secular Irish-Medium School Despite Record Popularity
According to the all-party “20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030”, one of the most purposefully underfunded policies in theContinue Reading
The Welsh Language Banned From The British Parliament
Yesterday’s sight of the former British prime ministers, toothsome Tony Blair and dour John Major, proclaiming the United Kingdom of Great Britain the “…mostContinue Reading
#IrishSpeakersMatter
Irish Times opinion-writer and occasional poet, Rosita Boland, giving the legacy of colonialism on this island nation a respectable, modern face through the pages ofContinue Reading
School Teaching Through Irish To Be Housed – And It Only Took 22 Years
Irish is the indigenous language of the island nation of Ireland. Irish is the national and first official language of theContinue Reading
The 20 Year Strategy For The Irish Language, Year 6
From the “Programme for a Partnership Government“, the recently published agreement underpinning the right-wing minority administration of Fine Gael and various independentContinue Reading
Better Be Hanged At Home Than Die Like Dogs In Ireland
The literary historian, James Shapiro, has a fascinating article in the Irish Times on William Shakespeare’s aversion to Ireland and the Irish.Continue Reading
Instruction To Customer In Wales: Speak English Or Get Out!
Given my recent posts on the issue of linguistic and cultural discrimination here in Ireland, this report from WalesOnline hardly needsContinue Reading
Unionists Britsplaining The Position Of The Irish Language In Ireland
In relation to my post yesterday on the miserable record of British colonialism in Ireland, which continues to echo in the settler politics ofContinue Reading
The Uncomfortable Question Of Settler Politics In Ireland
The one thing that is guaranteed to infuriate most politicians and journalists from the British unionist minority in Ireland is to make reference to theContinue Reading
Not Merely Free But Gaelic 1916-2016
In August of 1915, Patrick H. Pearse, future president and commander-in-chief of the Provisional Government and Army of the IrishContinue Reading
Abortion Prohibitionists Choose To Victim Blame Women And Girls
There are people of both genders around the world who oppose the provision of clinical abortion services to women for aContinue Reading
No Irish Please, We’re Fine Gael And Labour
In former times the British-born journalist and occasional Confederate-apologist, Kevin Myers, regularly used his newspaper column to discuss his race theory ofContinue Reading
The Party Leaders Dodge TG4’s Irish Language Debate In #GE16
Well this announcement is indicative of the current status of the Irish language in Ireland. The planned, televised leaders’ debate on TG4 seems to haveContinue Reading
White Protestants Protest The Spanish Language In Arizona
A letter from today’s edition of the Newsletter, a regional newspaper in Arizona: “I have received a number of complaints fromContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Manifesto Promises On Irish Rights
Sinn Féin has launched its bilingual 2016 election manifesto, to predictable scepticism from the right-wing press, and I’m sure most ofContinue Reading
