The Sunday Independent Has An Article On Irish History – Which Favours The Irish!
Something truly strange must have happened in the offices of the Sunday Anglo Independent over the last few days. Why?Continue Reading
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The North Of Ireland: Roman Catholics 40% Of Population, 61% Of Unemployed
Author and journalist Jude Collins has an article with the Belfast Media Group examining the continued apartheid nature of the British-administered north-east of IrelandContinue Reading
More Parallels Between Québec, Scotland And Beyond
Some more lessons for Scotland and the SNP from the history of the independence movement in Québec? A Reuters report in theContinue Reading
Come Here To Me!
Two great posts from the always interesting Come Here To Me! blog in their Statues of Dublin series: The Phibsborough Volunteer and Constance Markiewicz andContinue Reading
The Future Is Irish
Yesterday the Irish government announced a major review of how the state legally recognises certain regions of the country as GaeltachtaíContinue Reading
Discrimination Dressed As Reasonableness… Isn’t It Always?
An article in the Irish Times decries the alleged “preferential” treatment given to Irish-speaking children in the education system because some studentsContinue Reading
Fantasy Troubles – Part Two! “Proud Of Being Irish Is Like Being Proud Of Having Leprosy”
Well, hello there, and welcome to another in my occasional series of “Fantasy Troubles“. This latest entry comes courtesy of those crazy BritContinue Reading
Contrasting Attitudes – Ireland And Wales
Earlier I talked about the hostility of many in the Irish civil service to the Irish language, and in particular the wilful misinterpretations orContinue Reading
A Little Less Ireland, A Little More Éire
A few days ago I pointed to the criticisms made of Ireland by many experts in the field of international tourism due to the country’s failure to build uponContinue Reading
Irish Press Freedom – A Drop In Global Ranking For 2011-2012
The 2011-2012 Press Freedom Index from Reporters Without Borders has been released and it shows that Ireland has dropped five places from number 10Continue Reading
The Pettiness Of Casual Discrimination In Ireland
From the Irish Times, a story about a seemingly causal act of unthinking discrimination that actually reveals quiet a lot about the thinking ofContinue Reading
One Man’s Terrorist – You Know The Rest…
Over the years I’ve always been amused by the strong, pro-British line taken by much of the mainstream US mediaContinue Reading
The Truth About Bloody Sunday – Another Episode From Britain’s Forever War In Ireland
Interesting article by Brendan O’Neill over on Spiked Online, examining the Bloody Sunday Massacre of 1972 when British troops attacked a civilContinue Reading
Lá Fhéile Bríde Shona Daoibh!
Its the first of February and the first day of Spring in the Irish calendar so happy Lá Fhéile Bríde to you all. Or as someContinue Reading
The Real World Value Of Ireland’s Indigenous Language And Culture
Numerous experts in the area of language tourism have pointed to the failure of the Irish state to promote andContinue Reading
No 11% Has The Right To Fix The Boundary Of A Nation
According to the Irish Examiner the North’s deputy Joint First Minister, Martin McGuinness, has called for a northern referendum on the reunificationContinue Reading
Enda “My Oirish Brings All The Paddies To The Yard” Kenny Strikes Yet Again!
An Taoiseach na nOirish, Enda “Paddy Wants To Know” Kenny, strikes again. A man who personifies everything that is “Oirland”, a patheticContinue Reading
Scottish Troubles?
Two weeks ago I reported on calls by some politicians from the British (Unionist) minority in Ireland, notably former senior UUP leader John Taylor,Continue Reading
Irish Rights Are Equals Rights – So Fight Back!
Over the last several months I have regularly highlighted the alarm felt by many in Ireland and beyond over the Fine Gael-LabourContinue Reading
Native America, Native Ireland And The Culture Of Anti-Colonial Conflict
Interesting article by Native American activist Lawrence Sampson on Ireland, the United States and the culture of anti-colonial conflict – andContinue Reading
Who Remembers Sam Marshall? The Murder Of An Irish Citizen By A Foreign State
Mark McGregor examines some of the reaction to the release of veteran Irish Republican Colin Duffy following the so-called Masserene Barracks Trial in Belfast,Continue Reading
A Second-Class Education For Second-Class Pupils
The recent announcements by the FG-Lab coalition government that is to “re-adjust” teacher-to-pupil numbers in classrooms acroos the country has drawn a groundswell of condemnation, notContinue Reading
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