Jenny Muir Quits The British Labour Grouping In The North
A minor political event which has probably passed most observers by. Jenny Muir, long-time left-wing Belfast blogger and would-be BritishContinue Reading
Tag: Ireland
That Infamous Nolan Show
Well a lot of people have been discussing last night’s highly controversial Nolan Show from the BBC in Belfast which debated the anti-democracy protests by the extreme ofContinue Reading
The Ballot-Box And Petrol-Bomb – Unionism In Action
The best of British – in Ireland.
The Violence Of The British Anti-Democrats In Ireland
Well the worse weekend yet of rioting and violent attacks by anti-democracy protesters from the British Unionist monitory in the north-east ofContinue Reading
The Endgame For The Anti-Democrats
Excellent opinion piece over on the Irish news-blog Slugger O’Toole from Gerry Lynch, a former Executive Director of the Alliance Party, aContinue Reading
Ceol Ar An Imeall
Ceol ar an Imeall, TG4’s indie music show, is back tonight at 23.00 on TG4. Lots of Irish bands performingContinue Reading
Media Panic – The Hysterical Press And The Continuity IRA
A number of national and local newspapers are claiming that the small Continuity Irish Republican Army (or CIRA) has issued a threatContinue Reading
“Northern Ireland” 48% Protestant, 47% British – So Why Is Ireland Still Partitioned?
Several weeks ago the elected members of Belfast City Council voted by a majority to end the year-round flying of the BritishContinue Reading
Death Squad Britain
Two weeks ago the British prime minister, David Cameron, apologised in the UK parliament on behalf of the British nation for the assassination of the Irish civil rights lawyerContinue Reading
People Power – Taking Back The North
Sometimes the sheer two-faced hypocrisy of the average Unionist media sympathiser leaves one dumbfounded. And none more so than theContinue Reading
A Fourth Green Field?
Several days ago I posted some thoughts on the first round of figures released from the top-level results of theContinue Reading
Flying The British Flag – To Threaten Irish Schoolchildren
So, yet another night of low-level violence and rioting from the extreme of the British Unionist minority in the north-eastContinue Reading
Pat Finucane – A Victim Of Britain’s State-Sponsored Terrorism In Ireland
On the 12th of Februaray 1989 the respected Irish civil rights lawyer Pat Finucane was sitting down to a Sunday dinner in hisContinue Reading
Flying The British Flag In Ireland
How democratic opposition to the British flag used to be dealt with in Ireland. Is this what the Unionist leaders in the north-eastContinue Reading
Global Corruption Index For 2012 – Ireland Falls Six Places
Back in February of this year I discussed the media independence rating for Ireland from Reporters Without Borders, the international organisation affiliated to the UNContinue Reading
Angloban Ignorance Posing As Informed Commentary
Oh please, someone save me from the half-arsed opinions of right-wing Anglophone buffoons. From Niall O’Dowd’s US-based website Irish CentralContinue Reading
The Anti-Democrats – The British Unionist Minority In Ireland
The democratically elected local government council of Belfast City has voted to remove the British flag from the masthead on theContinue Reading
Two Tech Stories For Gaeilgeoirí
Two tech stories for the Irish-speaking community via the Silicon Republic. The first highlights the addition of the TG4 playerContinue Reading
How Do You Know When Christmas Has Arrived In Ireland?
When Ireland’s Own hits the shop shelves in December but of course! 😉
Angloban – The Anglophone Fundamentalists Of Britain And Ireland
We all know that the internet is the mother of all lies. The world wide web of falsehoods. Which isContinue Reading
Ipsos MRBI 50th Anniversary Survey – The Irish Language
Very hard to comment on this, since we don’t have the details of the survey, but the Irish Times carriesContinue Reading
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