So You Think You Know What It Means To Be Irish? Think Again…
During the revival of the French language and culture in Québec in the 1970s and ‘80s it became noticeable thatContinue Reading
Tag: Equality
Gay Rights And Gael Rights. Facing Down The Bigots
The Irish Examiner has an editorial, presumably reflecting the newspaper’s official view, which yet again shows the extraordinarily warped reasoning of theContinue Reading
Shining A Light On Institutional Discrimination?
Following on from the revelations of serious breaches by a significant number of public bodies in relation to their legal obligations underContinue Reading
Surprise Results For New Irish Language Survey In The North
The northern regional Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) has published a new study, ‘Public Attitudes towards the IrishContinue Reading
Institutional Discrimination In The Irish State – The Culture Of An “Anglophone Stormont”
If you’ve been wondering just exactly why the Fine Gael – Labour coalition government seems so utterly determined to scrap the officeContinue Reading
Native Americans – Trapped In The USA
Unexpected but welcome news in the Guardian as a United Nations (UN) committee is about to carry out an investigation into theContinue Reading
Estonia – Defending What Anglo-Ireland Won’t
I’ve drawn attention to the Baltic nations of Eastern Europe before and how they have successfully mounted a defence of their respective languages and culturesContinue Reading
Wales, Scotland And Manifestations Of Greater England
Wales Online is reporting on what some critics are claiming was an attempt by a local branch of the BritishContinue Reading
The United States And The Native American Nations – Progressing Towards True Equality
Some welcome news for dozens of Native American nations as the US government has announced that it is to pay more than 1 billion dollars (around 760 millionContinue Reading
Speak English! Or Else…
On Tuesday I discussed the slow but steady linguistic change currently taking place in Wales, with increasing numbers of WelshContinue Reading
A Pluralist Ireland? Does That Include The 1.7 Million Irish-Speakers?
A new report on the administration of primary schools in Ireland and the teaching of religious studies has been published by the Forum on Patronage and Pluralism inContinue Reading
If It’s Good Enough For The Welsh, Why Is It Not Good Enough For The Irish?
In Ireland, after eight centuries of foreign colonial rule and despite nearly a century of independence, some of the populationContinue Reading
Brittany And Europe’s “Rogue State” – France
France prides itself on being a nation that embodies the principles of democracy and freedom with a republic born throughContinue Reading
Caithness – Its As Gaelic As Gallaibh!
As the SNP government encourages the growth and development of the Scottish language (Scots Gaelic) across Scotland one of the chief claims from anglophone opponents of the policy isContinue Reading
Les Irlandais Autochtones
The Irish-based French blog Couleurs irlandaises has another look at the Irish language in contemporary Ireland, including a mention of your’s truly, un blogueur militant LeContinue Reading
Póg Mo Thóin Ghaelach!
What has gotten into the journalist, author and poet Pól Ó Muirí? He seems to have found (or perhaps I should say refound) hisContinue Reading
Smells Like No-Irish Spirit
I have frequently pointed to the complete and utter bullshit that passes for a genuine commitment to equality between Irish and EnglishContinue Reading
Ireland – A Western Province Of The British Isles
In the Irish Times a Danish woman living in Ireland pens a passionate letter on behalf of the Irish language and theContinue Reading
The Future Is Irish
Yesterday the Irish government announced a major review of how the state legally recognises certain regions of the country as GaeltachtaíContinue Reading
