No Taxation Without Representation
In recent weeks the right-wing Fine Oibre coalition and much of the equally right-wing press have confidentially asserted that the protestsContinue Reading
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Contender For Leadership Of British Labour Plays The Orange Card
For the last four decades the Irish and British Labour parties have declined to formally or fully establish local branches or stand candidates for electionContinue Reading
Sinister Policing In The Ireland Of Fine Gael And Labour
In November of 2014 the Tánaiste and Labour Party leader, Joan Burton, was greeted by several dozen local residents protesting theContinue Reading
Irish Language Rights Are No Rights At All
Coincidental to the temporary silencing of a compliant Irish press by a billionaire businessman whose past dealings have become mired in controversy,Continue Reading
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
On Thursday the 28th of May the independent TD Catherine Murphy, a recent campaigner against fiscal impropriety and corruption in Irish society, made a contribution to DáilContinue Reading
The Bloody Demonisation Of Political Opponents By Fine Gael And Labour
This is what happens when members of the political establishment, the governing coalition parties and the sycophantic right-wing national press, conspire together toContinue Reading
The 2016 Proclamation Of The Irish Republic Inc.
In light of Enda Kenny’s suggestion of a “new proclamation” for 2016, comes this leaked government draft: THE FINE OIBREContinue Reading
Independent News And Media, The Ideological Enemy Within
During the revolutionary period in Ireland – by academic convention the six years from 1916 to 1921 – the British government authorised the official execution of forty-one Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Water Charges And A Coalition Of The Doomed
Water charges. The political Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of Labour Party TDanna in constituencies across the country, whoseContinue Reading
Up To 80,000 Protest Imposition Of Water Charges
In light of recent improved polling members and supporters of the governing Fine Gael and Labour Party coalition were predicting aContinue Reading
Coalition Loyalists Are Rewarded While Protesters Are Imprisoned
In the first half of 2011 Enda Kenny’s self-proclaimed “democratic revolution” brought his centre-right Fine Gael party to power inContinue Reading
Putting The Irish Language Down
For the last three years I have argued that when it comes to the linguistic and cultural rights of theContinue Reading
Ireland Third Most Deprived Nation On EU 15 List
The Irish news media has spent much of the last week focusing on the issue of homelessness following the dreadfully sad passing ofContinue Reading
Joan Burton Burns Rubber
Talking of unfinished revolutions we learn this evening that Joan Burton, Tánaiste, minster for social protection and Labour Party leader, was delayed inContinue Reading
Princes And Princesses Of The Continuity State
100,000 marchers on the streets of our capital city, gangs of Gardaí shuttling contractors for Uisce Éireann around suburban housingContinue Reading
The Imposition Of Water Taxes Goes International
The imposition of the new Troika-dictated water tax on Irish households by the Fine Oibre coalition government has started toContinue Reading
Irish Politics Or Looking After Your Own
When the coalition government of Fine Gael and Labour took power in 2011 they did so on a waveContinue Reading
Bend Over And Spread Your Cheeks
Not only does Irish Water want to fuck you up the ass, they want to tell others that they have fuckedContinue Reading
Joan Burton, Minister For Amnesia
Joan Burton, the unapologetic “minister for austerity” and now Labour Party leader on the (unlikely) possibility of Sinn Féin beingContinue Reading
The Many Faces Of The Labour Party
Joan Burton, the aspirant leader of the rapidly decaying Labour Party, has loftily informed the waiting news media that sheContinue Reading
Joan Burton, A Bridge Too Far
If there is an Irish government minister more disliked by Seán and Síle Citizen than Joan Burton you’d be hardContinue Reading
The Morning After Poll
The headline figures from the RTÉ exit poll have been published and they are showing a huge jump in supportContinue Reading
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