The Marc Coleman Show On The Irish Language
The Marc Coleman Show, to be broadcast on Dublin’s Newstalk radio, will be examining Ireland’s relationship with the Irish languageContinue Reading
Tag: Equality
Second-Class Service For Second-Class Citizens
Given the news yesterday about a group of young people from Ireland being subject to racial abuse by a taxiContinue Reading
Europe’s Shame, The Last Colony
Today the Irish Times newspaper carries an opinion piece from the academic Richard Irvine analysing the restrictions on the flying ofContinue Reading
Viva La Revolución!
Rarely have I agreed with an article more than this opinion piece by Tom Law featured on the Sabotage TimesContinue Reading
Beware, The Natives Are Getting Restless!
Talking of the hypocrisy that pervades the media establishment here’s Liam Fay, also in the Irish Independent, with a thinly veiledContinue Reading
Irish Journalism, LOL!
In today’s Irish Independent newspaper regular columnist Eoghan Harris recounts a forty year old tale that perfectly illustrates the perverseContinue Reading
Irish In Belfast, Not The Full Story
There’s an interesting if at times clichéd article on the Irish-speaking community of Belfast in the Economist magazine. While itContinue Reading
British Unionism In Ireland – The White Man’s Burden
The political ideology of British Unionism in Ireland as personified by Tom Elliott, the former leader of the UUP andContinue Reading
Big Investment For Local Education Through Scottish Language
Some very good news for the Scottish-speaking community and citizens of Skye who are to see a substantial investment inContinue Reading
Cultural Segregation?
The Arts Council of Ireland, which received over €59.9 million in public monies in 2013, has announced a new €150,000Continue Reading
The Mad Mullah Of Angloland
Well it seems that someone, or rather a chorus of someones, have rattled the gilded cage of Ian O’Doherty, newspaperContinue Reading
The War On The Indigenous Peoples Of Chile
From the London Independent newspaper a report on the continued persecution of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, this timeContinue Reading
An Invisible People With Invisible Rights
An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner is a legal officer of the Irish state. His or her role under theContinue Reading
When The Last Speaker Of Irish Is Dead They Will Rejoice
Having spent the last few hours reading the comments on two pieces examining the issue of Irish language rights onContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn – 400,000 And Rising
A quick post to note that after two-and-a-half years of existence An Sionnach Fionn has now passed 400,000 views, theContinue Reading
Ireland’s Apartheid Republic
In response to yesterday’s surprise resignation by the Language Rights Commissioner Seán Ó Cuirreáin, an act of protest against the cultureContinue Reading
Ireland’s Second-Class Citizens – With Second-Class Rights
In a shock announcement this afternoon Ireland’s Language Commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, unexpectedly resigned from his office after nearly tenContinue Reading
No Irish-Speakers
Following the news yesterday that several hundred jobs are to be lost as three companies reduce or cease their operationsContinue Reading
Those Damn Gaels
While the Anglophone extreme in Ireland are foaming at the mouth (or more accurately, the keyboard) over the suggestion byContinue Reading
Responses To The Metro Herald “Nazis” Letter
Following on from my criticism of the Dublin-based newspaper, the Metro Herald, for publishing a letter from a correspondent stylingContinue Reading
A Sign Of The Times – An Ireland Of Equals
There’s news that the National Roads Authority is to consider (and only consider, mind you) a proposal backed by LeoContinue Reading
Metro Herald Letter: Irish-Speakers Are “Nazis”
The Metro Herald is a free newspaper published in Ireland with both print and electronic editions, and distributed principally inContinue Reading
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