The Ó Muircheartaigh For President?
Well the speculation is continuing to gather as to whether or not the much-loved TV sports broadcaster and Irish rights activist MicheálContinue Reading
Tag: English Ireland – An Ghalltacht
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
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
Senator Dave, Deputy Mick, And The Native Tongue
With some interesting results in recent polls on the likely candidates for the Presidential election, I again return to theContinue 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
God Save Ireland – From The Anglos!
Okay, as a bona fide atheist I’ve not much faith in any god anywhere saving Ireland, but any sort ofContinue Reading
Language Apartheid In Ireland?
I’ve written before about the casual discrimination against Ireland’s Irish-speaking citizens within our state and state-funded agencies and the inherentContinue Reading
Howls Of Anglo Anguish As TG4 Wins Rugby Contract?
TG4 has announced an exclusive 3-year deal with the ERC to broadcast highlights of the Heineken and Amlin Challenge Cups. This isContinue Reading
Enda Kenny: Trust Me, I’m A Politician
You gotta love Enda ‘Paddy‘ Kenny. Sure, without him wouldn’t we still be living with a government of corrupt, lying, money-grabbing shysters, out to doContinue Reading
Enda ‘Paddy’ Kenny Strikes Again!
An Taoiseach Enda ‘My Oirish Brings All The Paddies To The Yard‘ Kenny has come up with another golden nuggetContinue Reading
Ireland’s Anglomedia Establishment – Turning On Its Own?
Odd event of the week: Ireland’s Anglomedia establishment turning on one of its own, as Senator David Norris sees his presidential hopes beginning to frayContinue Reading
TV3 And The Irish Language – Beyond The Pale?
Apparently the independent (British-owned) Irish television broadcaster TV3 is still humming and hawing about continuing the practice of broadcasting theContinue Reading
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