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: Ireland
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
Paisley On Paisley
In a series of interviews recorded for television broadcast the reverend Ian Paisley, the former leader of the DUP andContinue Reading
Latest Poll Numbers
Despite the hammering Sinn Féin has taken in the national media the latest poll from Paddy Power/Red C reveals theContinue Reading
Ooh, Ah, Up The RA
Okay, I admit it, the team at 1169 And Counting got me with this one until I followed the link.Continue Reading
Republican Factionalism Down South
Talking of people or organisations with questionable beliefs Republicans are not without their faults, as illustrated by this local newspaperContinue Reading
Nowhere Man Sitting In His Nowhere Land
The newspaper columnist Alex Kane, a former leading light of the Ulster Unionist Party until his surprise resignation, is widelyContinue Reading
Europe’s Shame, The Last Colony
Today the Irish Times newspaper carries an opinion piece from the academic Richard Irvine analysing the restrictions on the flying ofContinue Reading
Armed Gardaí, An Unwelcome Echo Of The Past
Garda Síochana na hÉireann, Ireland’s national police service, has a long and fine tradition of policing by consent. This canContinue Reading
Gremlin, Gruaimín
Over on his OUP blog the Russian-born etymologist and author Anatoly Liberman speculates at length on the origin of theContinue Reading
Viva La Revolución!
Rarely have I agreed with an article more than this opinion piece by Tom Law featured on the Sabotage TimesContinue Reading
Go-Ahead For Jewish Museum Redevelopment
Some good news for Músaem Giúdach na hÉireann, the Jewish Museum of Ireland, which has got the green light fromContinue 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
Irish Republican Language
Over the last several months there has been a noticeable spike in requests from various people seeking help with IrishContinue Reading
Where Have All The Sociopaths Gone?
It say’s much for the twisted political allegiances of the media establishment in Ireland that the country’s largest national newspaperContinue Reading
Lá An Dreoilín Shona Daoibh Go Léir!
Happy hunting to all those who join the Lucht an Dreoilín today.
Óglaigh na hÉireann – ÓnaÉ
One can understand foreign news media misinterpreting the Irish language but our domestic equivalents? The title Óglaigh na hÉireann seemsContinue Reading
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
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
British Unionism In Ireland – The White Man’s Burden
The political ideology of British Unionism in Ireland as personified by Tom Elliott, the former leader of the UUP andContinue Reading
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