The Belfast or Good Friday Agreement of April 1998, which ended three decades of open conflict in the British-administrated north-east of Ireland, actually consists of two documents. The first is
Ze’ev Jabotinsky: The Iron Wall – We and the Arabs
On the 4th of November 1923 the Jewish-Russian newspaper Rassvet (“Dawn”) published a short essay by the conservative Zionist writer Ze’ev Jabotinsky titled “O zheleznoi stene (mi
Two Women Travel, Illustrating The Moral Case For Repealing The Eight
On Saturday the 20th of August, two Irish woman, citizens of this Republic, travelled to the United Kingdom where one of them sought an abortion in a clinic approved
British Spies To Continue Mass Surveillance Operations In Ireland And Elsewhere
The United Kingdom’s state intelligence agencies have been given the green light to continue their mass spying operations around the world following an independent review into the UK’s
Sinn Féin Acquiesces To The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
Last May, during the elections for the regional assembly at Stormont, Arlene Foster’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) vowed to destroy the growth and development of Irish language education in the north-east of
Improvised Killer Drones In Syria
I’ve looked before at the phenomenon of improvised weapons in the Syrian civil war, in particular the use of Improvised Rocket Assisted Munitions or IRAMs and
Danny Healy-Rae, A Special Kind Of Stupid
Independent TD, Danny Healy-Rae, living proof if ever there was one that evolution is not always a forward moving process, has staged another bravura interview, this time with Jason
Big Rise In Students Opting To Take Higher Level Irish Examinations
With the announcement of this year’s results from the annual Leaving Certificate Examinations, the final examination in Ireland’s secondary school system, the Irish Examiner reports on the significant rise in students taking
The Colonialist Ideology That Drives The DUP’s Anti-Irish Agenda
In the run-up to last May’s elections for the regional assembly at Stormont the leadership of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) effectively vowed to smash Irish
Invisible Comrades, Gays And Lesbians In The Irish Struggle
The first issue of the independent magazine An Glór Gafa, “The Captive Voice”, was published and distributed by Sinn Féin’s Prisoner of War Department in 1989. As
Opposition Factions Of The Syrian Civil War
The researchers Ryan O’Farrell and Cody Roche have compiled an incredibly useful list of Opposition Factions in the Syrian Civil War for the investigatory website, Bellingcat, which is
The Open Letter Attacking Warner Bros And Its “Mess” Of Recent Movies
When I published a short piece yesterday criticising the dramatic vacuousness of Hollywood’s big budget “superhero” movies I was unaware of an open letter published a few hours earlier on the
Suicide Squad, An Empty Vessel Making The Most Noise
I’ve always been rather cool on the whole “superhero” genre of comics, graphic novels and movies, whether the characters were endowed with preternatural, pseudo-scientific or hi-tech abilities. There have been
Penn Jillette Interviewed By Nick Gillespie, On Trump And Libertarian Politics
I’ve been a big fan of the showmanship of Penn Jillette, of the eponymous magicians’ act Penn and Teller, for many years but less so of his overt libertarian
The Óglaigh na hÉireann Propaganda Demonstration In Derry
On the evening of Friday the 29th of July the minor Republican Resistance grouping, Óglaigh na hÉireann (ÓnaÉ), staged a “show of strength” in the
Fox News And Roger Ailes’ Secret Black Room Team
Gabriel Sherman of the New York Magazine has written a short exposé on Fox News’ much-rumoured “Black Room”, a non-too subtle nickname for a dirty tricks
The Sci-Fi Typography Of Stranger Things And Blade Runner
Watching Netflix’s nostalgic science-fiction drama, “Stranger Things”, I was struck by the accuracy of the show’s 1980s setting. While quite reminiscent of the 2011 movie “Super
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Journalism
Most blogging is parasitical in nature and that is especially true for blogs which primarily focus on news and current affairs. They feed off the
Where Have All The Liberal Muslims Gone?
Offended by my refusal to see all adherents of Islam as knife-wielding jihadists an exasperated American acquaintance of mine once asked me, “So where are all the
Language Strategies In Ireland And Wales, Tokenism For The Natives
On the 21st of December 2010 the then coalition government of Fianna Fáil and the Green Party launched the “20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030”, a modest
The Real Americans On Sanders, Clinton And Trump
The voice that is rarely heard in presidential elections in the United States. Representatives of the Native American nations and communities speak out.
The Chinese Opera? Opera Browser And SurfEasy VPN Sold To China
For the last few years I’ve been using the Norwegian-developed web browser Opera, or its siblings, as my default program for internet use on desktop and mobile
