Lá Mór Na Gaeilge
There is a day-of-action planned for Saturday the 15th of February 2014 in support of Irish language rights on ourContinue Reading
Tag: Government of Ireland
Princes Of The Church
Since launching An Sionnach Fionn I’ve written relatively little on the scandalous record of the Roman Catholic Church and theContinue Reading
The Ghettoization Of The Irish Language
That perennial red herring, the manner in which the official national language of the nation-state of Ireland is taught inContinue Reading
The Second-Class Irish
Following his shock resignation from the post of An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner senior civil servant Seán ÓContinue Reading
Margaretta D’Arcy Sends Irish Media Into Biblical Mode
Margaretta Ruth D’Arcy, writer, actress, Republican activist and member of the Aosdána (the elitist and abnormally secretive arts grouping), isContinue Reading
Labour TD Gets The Jitters
By all accounts a number of Labour TDs are casting extremely nervous eyes over their shoulders at the Sinn FéinContinue Reading
A Gaeilgeoir Political Party?
Further to the meeting of representatives from various Irish rights’ organisations on January 11th in Dublin the news and currentContinue Reading
Seanad Éireann – Where Irish Democracy Goes To Die
How many observers of Ireland’s patronage-based political system predicted that a failure to abolish Seanad Éireann by referendum would simplyContinue Reading
Let Them Eat Cake!
Given the dominance of Ireland’s news media by an incestuous group of like-minded individuals espousing a right-wing, moral-free ideology isContinue Reading
Enda Kenny – Mister Ten Percent
From his state o’ chassis address, Enda Kenny TD, leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach na hÉireann: “Two years ago,Continue Reading
The Blood Libel – Anglophone Racism In Ireland
In the continuing debate sparked by the resignation of the Language Commissioner Seán Ó Cuirreáin there is a good opinion pieceContinue 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
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
Tolerating The Armed Struggle
So the multi-million euro Smithwick Tribunal has concluded that on the balance of probabilities the ambush by an Active ServiceContinue Reading
Your Flexible Friend
So independent Teachta Dála Colm Keaveney, a former member of the nominally left-wing and socialist Labour Party, is to joinContinue Reading
The Anglophone Machine – The Systemic Failure To Teach Irish
The Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn has launched the Chief Inspector’s Report on quality and standards in primaryContinue Reading
Monocultural Ireland – Conform Or Die
After sunset this evening we will officially be in the period of the Feis Shamhna, the Festival of Samhain, fromContinue Reading
Eat The Old
Back in September the journal.ie, an online Irish news and current affairs website, held a poll asking its readers ifContinue Reading
The Labour Party, Not Waving But Drowning
There may well be something anomalous about the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI opinion poll but even with that caveat inContinue Reading
The Success Of Ghettoising Irish In The Schools
Tell a lie often enough and loud enough, and eventually it becomes the perceived truth. From RTÉ: “Minister of StateContinue Reading
AN SIONNACH FIONN 