No Gaels, Queers, Dykes Or Trannies
Is it just me or have you noticed that racists and homophobes tend to share the same political and ideological fixations? I mean,Continue Reading
Tag: Equality
The Irish Struggle
Twenty-eight years ago officials from the government of Ireland tasked with managing Dublin’s interests in the north-east of the country asked their BritishContinue Reading
Girl Power Is Taken, Not Given
Sometimes, after glancing through news reports from around the world, I have to ask myself why one half of the humanContinue Reading
Three Irish Tales
As Sinn Féin accuses the lacklustre Fine Gael-Labour Party coalition of abandoning key government demands during the recent talks betweenContinue Reading
The Gaelic Union
A new website to strengthen ties between Gaelic-speaking communities in Ireland and Scotland, as well as encouraging cultural tourism byContinue Reading
Irish Language Positive And Negative
A couple of Irish-related tech stories, one good and one bad (or at least highly suspect). Firstly from the Irish Times:Continue Reading
Scottish Gaelic And Glasgow University
The University of Glasgow or Oilthigh Ghlaschu is celebrating its historic links with the Scottish-speaking communities of Scotland thanks to aContinue Reading
North Korea Meets North Ireland
Defenders and apologists for the British colonial state in the north-east of Ireland claim that the artificial entity is now a Western-style democracy,Continue Reading
The Perfect Storm Of Irish Politics
Dara Kelly over on the Irish Central examining the continuing controversy stemming from the recent examples of British legacy racismContinue Reading
Irish Native Reservations
Another great analysis from Diaga Language on the growing challenges facing the Irish-speaking population of Ireland, particularly as they relateContinue Reading
Shitting On The Irish Since 1169
While the rest of Europe is getting on with the 21st century in the north-eastern corner of our island nationContinue Reading
The Common Enemy Unites Ireland North And South
Some people claim that Ireland will never be reunited. That the British Unionist minority in the north-east of the country areContinue Reading
The Irish Slave Mind
Given some recent conversations on ASF I thought this article might be of interest to a number of readers. It discusses the muchContinue Reading
Ambivalent Language Masks Intolerance
In light of two recent posts, “The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland” and “Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On IrishContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Bluff And Bluster On Irish Rights
Sinn Féin, and to a lesser extent the SDLP, are still throwing all sorts of shapes in the regional assemblyContinue Reading
America Has The Tea Party, Ireland Has The DUP Party
Gregory Campbell is one of the better known members of the DUP in Ireland, the once fringe British Unionist party which has dominated one halfContinue Reading
The Acceptable Form Of Racism In Ireland
Do Irish-speaking communities and citizens in Ireland enjoy full equality with their English-speaking peers when it comes to the institutionsContinue Reading
No Value In Welsh For Tory’s English Candidate
Over the last few decades our Celtic neighbours in Wales have seen the emergence of something approaching a national consensusContinue Reading
Ireland Of The Apes
Are we really so enslaved to our post-colonial neuroses, so malformed by centuries of external domination, that even after ninety years ofContinue Reading
The Problem With Irish? Not Enough Politics!
There is a great article over on Diaga on the importance of persecuted communities with distinct languages and cultures achievingContinue Reading
Victory For Navajo Nation In US Settlement
With good news an all too precious commodity this is very welcome indeed. From the Independent newspaper: “When senior figuresContinue Reading
The Embarrassment Of Being Irish
So after eighteen years of an online presence our self-proclaimed “national public service broadcaster”, RTÉ, has finally got around toContinue Reading
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