A Fine Gael Minister Discovers “Our Language”!
The Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD, has protested the media reporting of the Republican Resistance group Óglaigh na hÉireannContinue Reading
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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
Cultural Segregation?
The Arts Council of Ireland, which received over €59.9 million in public monies in 2013, has announced a new €150,000Continue 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
Ogham – Ireland’s Indigenous Alphabet
Here’s a fascinating article on the Product Design and Development website examining an archaeological project in Ireland to preserve inContinue Reading
Patrick Joseph Crawford – A Wrong To Be Righted
Some have accused the broad Republican movement in Ireland of being deaf and blind to its own injustices, its ownContinue Reading
The War On The Indigenous Peoples Of Chile
From the London Independent newspaper a report on the continued persecution of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, this timeContinue 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
Nelson Mandela – An Irish Republican By Another Name
After a long period of ill-health Nelson Mandela, former leader of the African National Congress, Umkhonto we Sizwe and PresidentContinue Reading
An Sionnach Fionn – 400,000 And Rising
A quick post to note that after two-and-a-half years of existence An Sionnach Fionn has now passed 400,000 views, theContinue 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
British War Hysteria – The Hibernoban!
So to another round of Fantasy Troubles as the news media in Britain, with a nod and a wink fromContinue Reading
No Irish-Speakers
Following the news yesterday that several hundred jobs are to be lost as three companies reduce or cease their operationsContinue Reading
Vae Victis!
The hostile reaction to the publication of Anne Cadwallader’s book “Lethal Allies”, a history of the British death squads whichContinue Reading
Life In The Big House
Nice work if you can get it. From the Irish Times: “A former mayor of Limerick has heavily criticised theContinue Reading
The Daily Lucinda
When the journalists and editors of a right-wing media cartel start campaigning for the creation of a political party toContinue Reading
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