Australia’s Shame
Native Australians make up just 2% of Australia’s population but form an incredible 26% of the national prison population, risingContinue Reading
Tag: Racism
The Irrational Nature Of The Anti-Irish Bigots
Have some indigenous Gaelic moles crept into the hallowed Hibernophobe halls of Independent House, publishers of the Indo stable of newspapers? A coupleContinue Reading
Irish-Medium Education Overcoming The Odds
Over the last decade the devolved government in Wales, with near cross-party unanimity, has used its growing powers over educationContinue Reading
No Speak The Irish!
As if the precarious position of Irish-speaking citizens and communities in Ireland was not difficult enough living under the authorityContinue Reading
Better Together Star: Catholics Look Better Hanging From A Tree
The British Unionist parties heading the “Better Together” or No (surrender?) campaign in Scotland’s upcoming referendum on independence seem toContinue Reading
Fingal Irish
I’ve discussed before the truly excellent blog Dublin Gaelic which discusses the history of the Irish language in theContinue Reading
Hold Your Tongue
Karen Matheson, the lead vocalist with the popular Scottish folk band Capercaillie, recounts something that was once very familiar to speakersContinue Reading
The Irish State Versus The Irish Language
More on the controversial decision by the Fine Gael-Labour coalition to appoint two government minsters to departments dealing with Irish-speaking communitiesContinue Reading
Irish-Speakers Lie Down!
If there is a nation anywhere on the planet more ashamed and embarrassed of its own existence, of its veryContinue Reading
The Calm Before The Storm
The infamous Ku Klux Klan had – and probably still has – burning crosses. The equally infamous Orange Order hasContinue Reading
A Colony Cannot Be Reformed
In case you missed it, from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights at the United Nations: “PressContinue Reading
The Irish Government’s Anti-Irishness
The Irish-speaking citizens and communities of Ireland are under attack. They are under attack from a coalition government of two partiesContinue Reading
Irish In Ireland? Oh The Humanity!
Richard Haass, the latest diplomatic envoy from the United States to the permanently ailing Irish-British peace process, has offered theContinue Reading
In Support Of A Reunited Brittany
In 1941 the Vichy regime in France ordered the partition of the north-western Celtic nation of Brittany as part ofContinue Reading
British Unionism, Nationalism In Denial
In a glorious example of the Irish political rhetoric known as “whataboutery” the columnist N.R. Greer takes to the pagesContinue Reading
The Threat Of The Gaelic Ail-Caoíde
Talking of petty bigots whose anachronistic opinions are derived from centuries of colonial supremacism here comes another tirade against oneContinue Reading
British Reformation Politics
The legacy of British faith- and race-based colonialism right here in Europe, right here in Ireland. From The ImpartialContinue Reading
Speaking In Code
Declan Lynch, the one-time enfant terrible of Irish journalism now turned middle-aged establishment terrier, has taken to the pages ofContinue Reading
The Great Irish Paradox
From the Daily Beast: “Here in Odessa, the conflict has nothing to do with a linguistic divide. Everyone speaks Russian.Continue Reading
Ireland Spends More Money On Non-Irish Translations
In case you missed it (because you know the newspapers aren’t going to report this one), from RTÉ: “New figuresContinue Reading
Three Welsh Rights Activists Arrested
Three activists fighting for Welsh language rights, two women and a man in their twenties, were arrested today by policeContinue Reading
Doctor Orders Child And Parent Not To Speak In Welsh
From a report by the Daily Post newspaper in Wales: “A hospital has apologised after a doctor asked a mumContinue Reading
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