Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy on Apr 29th, 2010 12 Comments »
[Below is the text of Michael O’Boyce’s planned speech to the Garda Representative Association’s annual conference. Photo from the Irish Times.]
I welcome you to the 32nd Annual Delegate Conference of the Garda Representative Association. I accept your non-attendance last year was due to circumstances beyond your control, but was disappointed you did not make greater […]
Posted in Marxism on Apr 29th, 2010 2 Comments »
David Harvey on the Guardian Business podcast talking about his new book The Enigma of Capital, crisis within capitalism and other things such as the current debt crisis in Europe, the economic powerhouse of China, the inability of Obama and the Democrats to challenge the “Party of Wall Street”, the UK economy, the election and […]
David Harvey | Guardian Business Podcast: Play Now | Play in Popup Thinking Allowed with David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang: Play Now | Play in Popup The Forum - BBC World Service on Nano innovation: Play Now | Play in PopupPosted in Irish Marxism, Irish Capitalism, Irish Economy, Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 28th, 2010 22 Comments »
[Click on image to read the booklet]
I’m putting up this booklet with a couple of caveats, but in spite of them, the booklet does show how the Irish left has pointed out the serious flaws within the Irish banking system for decades, and that the problems are structural, not personal.
Last year’s publication by Shane […]
Posted in irishness, Irish music on Apr 26th, 2010 4 Comments »
We’ve just been informed that Colm Hall’s song Arán na Fiends, which was championed by Dublin Opinion in a post last week, has come second in the Irish Times’ alternative national anthem competition.
According to the Irish times today,
Also a runner-up was Colm Hall (aka The Drop of a Hat), whose entry mixed a hummable tune […]
Posted in Irish History on Apr 25th, 2010 7 Comments »
This is another document which was passed onto me by Tom Redmond. I know very little about this. Any comments / clarifications appreciated.
Pdf is here. (0.5MB)
Posted in Irish Working Class, Irish Labour History on Apr 25th, 2010 1 Comment »
Posted in Irish property bubble, fuckwits, Irish journalism on Apr 25th, 2010 5 Comments »
The original 2007 article by Brendan O’Connor is available here.
Posted in Irish property bubble, Irish journalism on Apr 24th, 2010 1 Comment »
Thanks to John Green for the ups on xtranormal.
Posted in History of Electronic Music on Apr 20th, 2010 2 Comments »
Another installment in Paul Shackel’s ongoing series The History of Electronic Music. While some of them are more interesting than others, to me, I still think its highly commendable that he has produced them consistently every six months or so - and I always seem to come across a new one by accident just after […]
Posted in irishness, Irish music on Apr 18th, 2010 2 Comments »
The Irish Times is running an alternative national anthem competition, and below is an entry composed by Colm Hall of Drop of a Hat. It’s called Arán na Fiends and is embedded below, along with the lyrics.
Enjoy!
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