September, 2019

Have the top brass at RTÉ lost the run of themselves, become drunk on the wine of their own power? It would appear so. They’ve just fired one of the genuinely colourful commentators in their sports department. I’m referring to Joe Brolly. Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes I think Joe is talking very good sense. […]

Here’s Arlene Foster, after the DUP’s meeting with Boris Johnson: “During today’s meeting, the Prime Minister confirmed his rejection of the Northern Ireland-only backstop and his commitment to securing a deal which works for the entire United Kingdom, as well as our neighbours in the Republic of Ireland.” So is that it? The hope that, […]

I’ve just read in The Guardian a highly interesting and important article, particularly  for us here in our NE Nest. It’s by Nathan Robinson and it’s entitled ‘Media bias is OK – if it’s honest.’ Here’s a taste of what he’s saying: “It should be obvious that there can’t be such a thing as a […]

I Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus. “ Boris has met his match in Leo. Taoiseach Varadkar is giving a command performance. Irish-Americans say : Yes, to the “Backstop. No, to a hard Border. And better still, No damn Border at all. Fr. Sean McManus No “Backstop” is same as no deal for Ireland, Taoiseach […]

I missed  the Leo and Boris show when it went out live yesterday morning, but I caught up with it on RTÉ News and later, on BBC. It was an interesting contrast in reporting styles. In the RTÉ clip,  they showed Leo doing most of the talking and Boris standing there silent, like a confused […]

I was waiting for my electric car to charge (shut up, Virginia) yesterday, so I passed the time by ambling into the service station and checking out the Sunday papers. Even though it now costs nearly THREE QUID, on an impulse I bought The Sunday Times. Here’s how old I am: I remember  when The […]

SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA                                                   There is an old proverb / seanfhocal from the Leprechaun which goes as follows: –Is fearr rith maith ná droch-sheasamh. For the benefit of – lemme see, ah, yis, – Matt ‘The Hoople’ Cooper, SuperDuperstar of the Airwaves in DUPlin’s fair to middling city –  he who thinks those misguided […]

Distributed to Congress by the Irish National Caucus Irish-born actor and movie star Chris O’Dowd has his own take on Bexit and the “ Backstop”:’It seems oddly fitting to the people of Ireland,’ he says finally, ‘that Brexit is coming down to the “Backstop.” The suggestion that the British government is making – that they won’t f*** us over – is […]

Two women in the political headlines in recent weeks – both, as it happens, party leaders in the north. That’s Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster. Let’s start with Michelle. She’s in the headlines because John O’Dowd has signaled that he plans to run for Sinn Féin vice-president at the next SF  Ard Fheis. Michelle, you’ll […]

I Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus “The Guardian headline bluntly sums it up,  ‘Cornered Johnson suffers triple Commons defeat’ ( The Guardian. London. Thursday, September 4, 2019). And it continued : ‘The prime minister was thwarted three times in the House of Commons: an attempt by opposition parties and Tory rebels to block a […]