Ireland’s Economy Or The Story Of The Lying Liars Who Lied
Ireland is officially out of its economic recession. Well, that is the somewhat tendentious claim made by the majority ofContinue Reading
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Ireland is officially out of its economic recession. Well, that is the somewhat tendentious claim made by the majority ofContinue Reading
For the first time in a long time Ireland’s news media have actually acknowledged that the streets of our nationalContinue Reading
For those interested in the psychology of art symbolism there is a great study by Mary Louise O’Donnell, of theContinue Reading
From the 1st of January 2013 to the 28th of August 2013 a total of 59 “viable explosive devices” (orContinue Reading
For some time now certain sections of Ireland’s right-wing media have been hyping up the idea of the country’s twoContinue Reading
Some uncomfortable reading in the New York Times newspaper for Ireland’s Neo-Ascendancy elites as the author Tana French reveals theContinue Reading
A miracle on Kildare Street? A popular campaign in Ireland seems to have actually succeeded in getting the establishment powersContinue Reading
Well, we’ve heard it all now. Alan Shatter, the Minister of Justice (and off-the-record tips from the Gardaí on OppositionContinue Reading
So the documentation for the latest state-sponsored extortion racket has arrived in the post under the guise of the Local Property Tax. HoweverContinue Reading
An article in the Irish Times by Seán Tadgh Ó Gairbhí examining the reaction of people in Ireland to theContinue Reading
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
What other nation in Europe would have such little regard for its history? What other nation in Europe would beContinue Reading
The FG-Lab coalition government has finally produced its long expected Gaeltacht Bill 2012, the most controversial piece of legislation toContinue Reading
Well, better late than never I suppose. From the Hollywood Reporter (ooh-la-la!): “TV viewers in Northern Ireland will be ableContinue Reading
In today’s Irish Times (following on from yesterday’s bizarre anti-Irish rant by Ann Marie Hourihane) Finbar McDonnell examines the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government’s attitudes to it’s IrishContinue Reading
Yesterday the Irish government announced a major review of how the state legally recognises certain regions of the country as GaeltachtaíContinue Reading
From the Irish Times, a story about a seemingly causal act of unthinking discrimination that actually reveals quiet a lot about the thinking ofContinue Reading
An Taoiseach na nOirish, Enda “Paddy Wants To Know” Kenny, strikes again. A man who personifies everything that is “Oirland”, a patheticContinue Reading