Recognising The Legitimacy Of The Armed Struggle
I have received a very strong reaction to my post examining the upcoming meeting between Martin McGuinness and the visiting British head of state. Messages, emails,Continue Reading
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Smells Like Victory
Controversy, controversy, controversy. Or at least what the “media” in all its wisdom deems to be controversial. And yet againContinue 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
One Race But Three Victors
Well its all over bar the shouting (or gnashing of teeth) and three clear victors have emerged from the electionContinue Reading
Enter Bagman
The damage delivered to Seán Gallagher’s presidential ambitions as a result of the revelations on RTÉ’s Frontline Presidential Debate is continuing to send disruptiveContinue Reading
Irish Pigs In The Daily Mail
British journo Ian Birrell carries a lengthy rant against Martin McGuinness in the “Right Minds” section of the Daily Mail, aContinue Reading
Michael D. Higgins: “Hamas Is More Advanced Than The IRA”
What a week it’s been in the race for the Áras. We’ve had a mystery whodunit (Dana), a shocking televisedContinue Reading
Gay Mitchell: Blue Shirts And Blue Bloods
Way back in the 1960s a question was famously asked: “Is Fine Gael really Irish?” It has subsequently becomeContinue Reading
Liberal Britain, Or Don’t Mention The War. The Irish One, That Is.
The British left and the issue of Britain’s continued colonial presence in Ireland. A natural match you may think? Er, think again.Continue Reading
Eoghan Harris, Free Speech And The Art Of Dissemblance
So, the Anglomedia’s “Anyone But McGuinness” campaign has taken a bit of a twist with claims that ex-Workers Party apparatchikContinue Reading
McGuinness Won The Audience But Did He Win The Debate?
The audience poll results are in from Vincent Brown’s Presidential Debate on TV3, and though entirely unscientific, they show MartinContinue Reading
Gay Mitchell. Handbags And Tantrums
In the debate between presidential candidates Gay Mitchell and Martin McGuinness featured on Newstalk’s Dunphy Show, the jury seems to have comeContinue Reading
Fine Gael: The Terrorists We Embrace And The Ones We Don’t
Fine Gael minister Phil Hogan has declared that there is no place for terrorists in Áras an Uachtaráin. According to the IrishContinue Reading
From Saor Doire To Saor Éire
Martin McGuinness, who is looking more presidential with every photo op (have you seen Michael D. Higgins lately, not to mention poorContinue Reading
Martin McGuinness. The People’s Choice?
Irish journalist and media lecturer Harry Browne writes in CounterPunch on the presidential election, the panic gripping the Irish elites, and theContinue Reading
Panic Grips The Sycophants Of The Golden Circle
Ah, the fun of watching a terrified media establishment in Ireland working itself up into a panic at the prospect of MartinContinue Reading
The Sunday Independent – The Real Threat To Irish Democracy
Today’s Sunday Independent newspaper makes for incredible reading. There is one subject and one subject only; Martin McGuinness. And one clear strategy:Continue Reading
British Journalist Lectures The Irish People On “Democracy”. Laugh Now Or Laugh Later?
One presidential candidate, two journalists and two conflicting opinions. The first journalist is Nick Cohen, a regular contributor to variousContinue Reading
Gay Byrne Claims Provisional IRA Were “Gangsters”. Sorry, That Should Read, Gay Byrne Claims Old IRA Were “Gangsters”
So, things are hotting up in the oul presidential to-an’-fro as that granddaddy of Irish media personalities, Gay “The Poppy”Continue Reading
Fulminating West Brits Go Nuts – Or Fun With Martin And Co!
Ah, only a few days into Martin McGuinness’ presidential candidacy and the Irish media establishment, those paragons of right wing, unregulated free market capitalism (Celtic Tiger?Continue Reading
Martin McGuinness – Uachtarán na hÉireann?
The politics of Ireland has been turned on its head with Sinn Féin’s announcement yesterday that Martin McGuinness MLA, theContinue Reading
British Journalism And The ‘Agreed Narrative’ On News From Ireland
There is a highly critical post by the British journalist and media lecturer Roy Greenslade in his Guardian blog today, where heContinue Reading
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