The Green Party And Irish Language Rights
I’ve been sent a Green Party / Comhaontas Glas press release in relation to its Irish language polices in the run-upContinue Reading
Tag: Discrimination
Three Welsh Rights Activists Arrested
Three activists fighting for Welsh language rights, two women and a man in their twenties, were arrested today by policeContinue Reading
The Irish Parliament? Some Chance!
An announcement from the European Parliament on its increasing recognition of Irish as an equal language of the European Union,Continue Reading
Doctor Orders Child And Parent Not To Speak In Welsh
From a report by the Daily Post newspaper in Wales: “A hospital has apologised after a doctor asked a mumContinue Reading
The Cornish Win Their Fight For Recognition
Congratulations to the people of Cornwall on the success of their long campaign to win official recognition from the BritishContinue Reading
NI21 Gets Its Irish On
By all accounts Ireland’s newish British Unionist party, NI1921, is in grave difficulties following a series of internal squabbles overContinue Reading
Ireland’s English State
Another year, another name-and-shame report from Ireland’s Language Commissioner, the independent ombudsman tasked with overseeing the implementation of the country’sContinue Reading
Five Thousand March For Irish Rights In Belfast
Last Saturday up to five thousand people took part in An Lá Dearg i mBéal Feirste, a march through theContinue Reading
An Lá Dearg I mBéal Feirste
Following on from the mass demonstration held in Dublin eight weeks ago during which 10,000 people marched across the capitalContinue Reading
Arrested For Speaking Irish In Europe’s Darkest Corner
The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, is on an official state visit to Britain, the first by an IrishContinue Reading
Saving The Language Commissioner
It’s been a hard struggle, and a long one, but the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government has finally succumbed to publicContinue Reading
No Aboriginal Culture In Trinity College, Please!
Sir John Pentland Mahaffy GBE CVO, the late 19th and early 20th century Anglo-Irish classicist, was one of the mostContinue Reading
Gabriel Rosenstock, Margadh Na Míol In Valparaíso
Would I be right in suggesting that Gabriel Rosenstock and Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill are probably the two greatest living IrishContinue Reading
Ireland, The Dysfunctional Poster-Child Of Minority Rights
The Hidden Ireland blog has a short post listing a number of motions on the Irish language from this year’sContinue Reading
Welsh, A Foreign Language In Britain
Substitute “Ireland” for “Wales” and “Irish” for “Welsh” and the discrimination revealed below would be pretty much the same. From aContinue Reading
Putting The Irish Into Irish Shops
Up to a few years ago my local branch of Tescos, the British retail giant that expanded into the IrishContinue Reading
Some Irish Are More Equal Than Others
Forgive the “Animal Farm” paraphrase in the title above but it seemed appropriate when contemplating some recent articles written onContinue Reading
Support From New York City For Irish Language Rights In Ireland
Well done to everyone who gathered at the famous Rocky Sullivan’s Pub in Red Hook, Brooklyn, to show their supportContinue Reading
Culture Wars In Ireland And Britain
Hot on the heels of my post discussing the urgent need for the reform of public service broadcasting in Ireland comesContinue Reading
The Ultimate Irish Joke
It’s that time of year again when Ireland’s political establishment trots out its bit of lip-service and tokenism in relationContinue Reading
PSNI OK, LGBT Not OK
The people organising the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in New York City are to allow representatives of the PSNI, theContinue Reading
Ireland’s Citizens And Version-Citizens
The Official Languages Act of 2003 is one of the few pieces of legislation in Irish law that guarantees theContinue Reading
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