How Can The Irish State Ignore The Wishes Of 41% Of Its Citizens?
An article in the Irish Times by Seán Tadgh Ó Gairbhí examining the reaction of people in Ireland to theContinue Reading
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Unionism Closes Ranks
Interesting to note that the DUP leader Peter Robinson and UUP leader Mike Nesbitt have agreed a joint “Unionist Unity”Continue Reading
Voting Fianna Fáil – Like A Dog Returning To Its Vomit
Another weekend, another poll, this time a telephone survey of 1000 voters by Millward Brown on behalf of the Sunday Independent newspaper. I’m always waryContinue Reading
Where’s The Irish At The Irish Constitutional Convention?
As I have noted many times before there is a certain desire in the body politic (and its media acolytes)Continue Reading
Six Degrees Of Paramilitary Separation
Hrrrm… A number of newspapers representing the British Unionist minority in the north-east of the country are stirring up controversyContinue Reading
Brothers In Arms? Ireland And Israel
The excellent history site, The Irish Story, has recently posted two articles examining the ideological similarities between Irish and Israeli nationalism in theContinue Reading
Seanchas – Irish, Scottish And Manx Mythology And Folklore
For those of you with an interest in early, middle and early modern indigenous Irish literature and post-Medieval folklore (IrishContinue Reading
Another Poll – Fianna Fáil Voters Abandon The Fine Gael Fold
Two weeks ago I queried the possibility of the next incarnation of An Dáil becoming more like the Israeli Knesset: a host of independents, smallContinue Reading
The Associated Press – Reporting The News Or Shaping The News?
Interesting headline accompanying a story syndicated by the Associated Press (AP), the US-based news agency. It reads: “Sinn Fein Chief Asks IRA Die-Hards toContinue Reading
My Identity Is Not Negotiable
For the last decade and more I’ve worked for a company in Ireland that is a major subsidiary of an international corporationContinue Reading
Why The Past Is A Guide To The Future
As an Irish Republican I believe in the historic right of the people of Ireland, as a whole or individually,Continue Reading
The End Of Gaelscéal?
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
Inside The IRA – 1994
How things have changed in the last 19 years – and how much they have stayed the same. In 1994Continue Reading
There’s No Irish In Ireland!
The Hidden Ireland blog highlights news of discrimination against the Irish-speaking communities and citizens of Ireland for their English-speaking peersContinue Reading
Britain’s War In Ireland – Learning The Lessons
The Irish journalist and author Finian Cunningham examines the conflict in the north-east of Ireland during the late 1960s andContinue Reading
The McGurk Bar Massacre – British Bombers In Irish Cities
Two reviews of the ground-breaking investigative book “The McGurk’s Bar Bombing: Collusion, Cover–Up and a Campaign for Truth” by the Irish author and campaigner CiaránContinue Reading
Counter-Gangs – The Origins Of British Terrorism In Ireland
I’ve devoted considerable space on An Sionnach Fionn to cataloguing Britain’s dirty war in Ireland highlighting a wide range of evidence gatheredContinue Reading
Polls, Politics And Conspiracy Theories
One weekend, two polls, and the results look good for both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. However things are notContinue Reading
Dolours Price
Just a quick post to note the passing of Dolours Price, veteran Republican activist and a former Volunteer of theContinue Reading
Irish, Irish, Irish! Out, Out, Out!
Well, it’s politics as abnormal in the north-eastern part of the country as the decaying corpse of the British colonyContinue Reading
Foclóir, The New Online English-Irish Dictionary
After a long wait the first phase of the new online English-Irish dictionary, Foclóir, is now up and running. The currentContinue Reading
Democracy Doesn’t Work – So Speaks Unionism
From the cheeky lads at “Loyalists Against Democracy” the image above details local government rules in “Northern Ireland” during theContinue Reading
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