On Sat, 22 May 2021 I sent the following letter to the Editor, HISTORY IRELAND in response to an article by Mr. A.E. Connell Jr in that journal’s May/June issue. As there was insufficient room for it in in the July/August issue of HISTORY IRELAND I’m happy to submit it for the edification or amusement of […]
July, 2021
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT HOUSING, SPACE CADETS BRANSON & BEZOS, COSMETIC SURGERY, AND ENGLAND (BOOOO?)
In the south of Ireland, there’s a housing crisis. Leo Varadkar has claimed that Sinn Fin are engaging in “nastiness, fury and anger” about this crisis, and has told them to ‘get real’. Sinn Féin, needless to say, disagrees. So is there only a pretend housing crisis? Billionaire Richard Branson is planning to go into […]
Is reunited-Ireland talk a waste of time?
As we move towards what appears an inevitable border poll (calm down, Virginia ), it might help if we pull back and examine some of the stances adopted by the different parties. Unionist parties, notably the DUP, find the idea of coming together to discuss what a re-united Ireland might look like simply absurd. What […]