The Second-Class Irish
Following his shock resignation from the post of An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner senior civil servant Seán ÓContinue Reading
Tag: Racism
The Abuse Of Indigenous Children In Canada
Following on from my post highlighting the appalling socio-economic conditions Canada’s native peoples live in comes this news via ViceContinue Reading
Who’s A Naughty Boy, Then?
It is interesting to note an article in today’s Irish Times by Shane O’Curry, the director of Enar Ireland (theContinue Reading
Canadian Shame
The Irish Medical Times carries an article by Lloyd Mudiwa examining the appalling conditions the indigenous peoples of North AmericaContinue Reading
Council Of Europe Condemns Discrimination
A review by a committee from the 47-nation Council of Europe into the status of indigenous languages in Britain andContinue Reading
The Daily Bigot
I was briefly contemplating a new series for An Sionnach Fionn, a name and shame game for the many AnglophoneContinue Reading
I’m Not A Racist But…
One of the more amusing spectator sports of recent months has been derived from watching the seething antipathy expressed byContinue Reading
Second-Class Service For Second-Class Citizens
Given the news yesterday about a group of young people from Ireland being subject to racial abuse by a taxiContinue Reading
Glasgow’s English Problem
Around eight or nine years ago a friend of mine was travelling in a taxi in Dublin on her wayContinue Reading
Europe’s Shame, The Last Colony
Today the Irish Times newspaper carries an opinion piece from the academic Richard Irvine analysing the restrictions on the flying ofContinue Reading
Viva La Revolución!
Rarely have I agreed with an article more than this opinion piece by Tom Law featured on the Sabotage TimesContinue Reading
Beware, The Natives Are Getting Restless!
Talking of the hypocrisy that pervades the media establishment here’s Liam Fay, also in the Irish Independent, with a thinly veiledContinue Reading
Irish In Belfast, Not The Full Story
There’s an interesting if at times clichéd article on the Irish-speaking community of Belfast in the Economist magazine. While itContinue Reading
British Unionism In Ireland – The White Man’s Burden
The political ideology of British Unionism in Ireland as personified by Tom Elliott, the former leader of the UUP andContinue Reading
Cultural Segregation?
The Arts Council of Ireland, which received over €59.9 million in public monies in 2013, has announced a new €150,000Continue Reading
The Mad Mullah Of Angloland
Well it seems that someone, or rather a chorus of someones, have rattled the gilded cage of Ian O’Doherty, newspaperContinue Reading
The Blood Libel – Anglophone Racism In Ireland
In the continuing debate sparked by the resignation of the Language Commissioner Seán Ó Cuirreáin there is a good opinion pieceContinue Reading
The War On The Indigenous Peoples Of Chile
From the London Independent newspaper a report on the continued persecution of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, this timeContinue Reading
When The Last Speaker Of Irish Is Dead They Will Rejoice
Having spent the last few hours reading the comments on two pieces examining the issue of Irish language rights onContinue Reading
Ireland’s Apartheid Republic
In response to yesterday’s surprise resignation by the Language Rights Commissioner Seán Ó Cuirreáin, an act of protest against the cultureContinue Reading
Ireland’s Second-Class Citizens – With Second-Class Rights
In a shock announcement this afternoon Ireland’s Language Commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, unexpectedly resigned from his office after nearly tenContinue Reading
No Irish-Speakers
Following the news yesterday that several hundred jobs are to be lost as three companies reduce or cease their operationsContinue Reading
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