I’m Not A Racist But…
One of the more amusing spectator sports of recent months has been derived from watching the seething antipathy expressed byContinue Reading
Tag: Hibernophone – Gaeilgeoir
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
Glasgow’s English Problem
Around eight or nine years ago a friend of mine was travelling in a taxi in Dublin on her wayContinue 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
Lá An Dreoilín Shona Daoibh Go Léir!
Happy hunting to all those who join the Lucht an Dreoilín today.
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
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 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
Even Genocide Has An Upside!
Just when I thought I had reached a stage where it was no longer possible to be made irate byContinue 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
