The Anti-Lockdown Neo-Right And Their Media Fellow-Travellers
For those of us concerned about the health of our families and friends, of our neighbours and co-workers, there isContinue Reading
Irish News, Politics, Culture
For those of us concerned about the health of our families and friends, of our neighbours and co-workers, there isContinue Reading
On Saturday the socialist-leaning group-blog The Cedar Lounge Revolution published a post criticising the latest anti-lockdown rally organised in DublinContinue Reading
From a 1996 current affairs feature by ABC News in Australia, a reminder of the relatively short period in IrishContinue Reading
Since it has become a sort of confessional political tradition for An Sionnach Fionn, here is how I voted inContinue Reading
The suggestion by Charlie Flanagan, the hardline Minister for Justice and Equality, that he would favour legislation banning the photographing orContinue Reading
The incident late yesterday, when masked gardaí provided heavy protection to similarly masked, black-clad private security contractors attempting to gainContinue Reading
There must be something in the Irish psyche, some cultural legacy of foreign colonial rule, of war and oppression, whichContinue Reading
In recent years the covert growth of the pseudo-religious organisation known as the Church of Scientology has been delivered a seriesContinue Reading
The Medieval text known as the Cogadh Gaeil ré Gaill or “War of the Irish with the Foreigners” describes theContinue Reading
Today is the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, the military contest in the autumn of 1066 which saw England and itsContinue Reading
Speaking of inferiority complexes or falsely equating anything “foreign” with modernity, here is more of the same in the Comments’ section under aContinue Reading
A quick update on the divisive 1916-2016 centenary banner erected by Dublin city council at the prominent Bank of Ireland building in College GreenContinue Reading
The New York Times has published an extraordinary opinion piece by the writer, Barry Kennerk, on the significance of the centenaryContinue Reading
Just after 12 o’clock on the afternoon of Easter Monday, the 24th of April 1916, Patrick H. Pearse and his revolutionary colleagues were escortedContinue Reading
So, the regional justice minister in the north-east, David Ford, has disdained an invite to the official celebrations in the capital markingContinue Reading
In recent days we have witnessed the bizarre spectacle of Dublin city council erecting a 1916-2016 centenary banner at theContinue Reading
On Tuesday March 8th, at 9:30 pm, TG4 will be broadcasting a documentary on Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, one of the forgotten figures of theContinue Reading
From the tabloid news and current affairs website, The Journal, a brief puff-piece reporting on RTÉ’s “Sunday With Miriam” radio show whereContinue Reading
If one needed an example of leadership in Ireland, an illustration of the competency and acumen of our political classes,Continue Reading
Following on from last Friday’s gun attack at a sporting event in Dublin’s Regency Hotel, which left one man deadContinue Reading
With all the controversy stirred up by RTÉ’s dismal television dramatisation of the 1916 Easter Rising, its strange overtones of colonial denialism perhaps best summedContinue Reading
I’ve made reference before to one of the great myths of the Easter Rising of 1916. That is, the absence ofContinue Reading