Opposing Voices
The alleged revelations in journalist Ed Moloney’s controversial book Voices from the Grave has badly split many former comrades and friends in the Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Tag: Ireland
UVF-Led Unionist Mobs Attacking Nationalist Areas In Belfast Again
Reports coming in now from UTV: ‘Hundreds of people are firing missiles in the Short Strand and lower Newtownards RoadContinue Reading
Loyalty Versus Counter-Insurgency – Or What To Do When The British No Longer Need You?
Excellent reporting from Jason Walsh in the CS Monitor on yesterday’s UVF-led rioting in Belfast, asking the questions you’re unlikelyContinue Reading
UVF Organised Attacks On Nationalist Enclave
Confirmation today that the East Belfast wing of the British Unionist terrorist group, the UVF, organised the sustained assault on the Irish Nationalist enclaveContinue Reading
British Unionist Gangs Attack Nationalist Community In Belfast
The Short Strand area of Belfast, which has a large Irish Nationalist community, has come under sustained attack this evening and tonight from gangs of British Unionist rioters,Continue Reading
Lies, Damned Lies, And… Polls
According to the latest Northern Ireland Life and Times survey as reported in the Irish Times: ‘…one in three Catholics (33 per cent) want a unitedContinue Reading
Roibeárd ‘Bobaí’ Ó Seachnasaigh
Interesting and timely article from journalist and media lecturer Roy Greenslade in the Guardian newspaper on the anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes. He begins: ‘Thirty years ago,Continue Reading
Bugger And Bedamned!
I was going to write something about this inanity but I really became too annoyed. ‘A controversial conference promoting a therapy thatContinue Reading
Fáilte Ireland – But Where Is Fáilte Éireann?
News that in Doire (Derry) the Irish language culture centre, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, has won a prestigious award for promotingContinue Reading
God Save Ireland – From The Anglos!
Okay, as a bona fide atheist I’ve not much faith in any god anywhere saving Ireland, but any sort ofContinue Reading
Language Apartheid In Ireland?
I’ve written before about the casual discrimination against Ireland’s Irish-speaking citizens within our state and state-funded agencies and the inherentContinue Reading
Old John Brown…
The main (and possibly only) thing most people outside of the United States know about the historical figure of JohnContinue Reading
The Irish Republican Army Way – And The Taliban Way
The War Nerd (aka Gary Brecher aka John Dolan) examines the Long War military and political strategies of the (Provisional)Continue Reading
David Norris, The Presidency, 1916, And All That
Senator David Norris addresses the chief charge in opposition to his candidacy for the office of the President of Ireland, and substantively so in my opinion. HereContinue Reading
The DUP Becomes An All-Ireland Party… Err, Sort Of!
It had to happen eventually, a chairde. More here: http://www.dup.ie/ Just don’t ask about Question (6)! ‘6) Did’nt the British cause ourContinue Reading
British Terrorists To Visit Dublin – This Time Minus The Bombs And Guns!
Unbelievable news today from journalist Eamonn Mallie: ‘The UDA’s five brigadiers and 4/5 representatives of their respective districts have been extended invitationsContinue Reading
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