FEBRUARY 1933: THE RETURN OF DE VALERA TO POWER WOULD MEAN THE RUINATION OF IRELAND. MARCH 1933: HURRAH FOR HITLER’S ACCESSION TO POWER . HE’LL SORT OUT MOSCOW AND ITS FRIENDS […]
April, 2022
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT WAR CRIMES, WILL STORMONT RETURN, WOMEN’S FOOTBALL , & THE VOICE OF THE CLERGY
The West says that Russians are guilty of war crimes – helpless civilians found with arms tied, shot dead, and other horrors. No doubt horrific. But has the West – for example, Britain – ever done anything like this? With the DUP saying it will not go back into Stormont if the protocol is not […]
Jeffrey, Doug, Jim: if you can’t stand the heat of democracy…
I’ve been wondering: how should nationalists and republicans react to the anti-democratic stance being taken by the DUP and the UUP? Both parties refuse to say they would be prepared to serve as Deputy First Minister, should the electorate indicate that should be their role. Loud and clear and repeatedly they have made it clear […]
ETHNICITY, RELIGION, ETHICS AND POLITICS – by Donal Kennedy
Many many years ago a very intelligent Christian Brother, Quentin O’Driscoll, a Headmaster who taught Latin amongst other subjects, informed our class, that the American Vice-President, and perhaps next President was a Catholic. He was mistaken about the Vice President, who had been brought up a Quaker. But the next President was a Catholic, […]
DISINFORMATION, STEPHEN COLLINS AND RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE by Donal Kennedy
First, some irrefutable facts SINN FEIN, FOUNDED IN 1905, is the oldest non-Unionist political party in Ireland. THE IRISH LABOUR PARTY, FOUNDED IN 1912 is the younger of the two. THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY came to CORK in 1917 (and my father worked there during school and University vacations.) FORD HAD PLANTS in […]
Unionism, Democracy and The Dilemma – by Michael Lagan
There comes a point in the future for Unionists from which they can’t escape. They will have to deal with the impending question of will they (‘they’ being any Unionist party) accept a Nationalist First Minister. The mere fact it is such a huge issue for Unionism suggests it never expected the day would […]
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT DOUG BEATTIE (FORGET ABOUT UI) , BORIS JOHNSON (FORGET PARTYGATE) AND MICHEÁL MARTIN (FORGET ABOUT ME RETIRING AND LET’S LOOK AT IRISH NEUTRALITY)
)Doug Beattie says there won’t be a united Ireland in his lifetime – or in the lifetime of his children. Mmm. How healthy is Doug? His children? On the BBC QUESTION TIME programme, the audience mocked the Tory MP who tried to dismiss Boris Johnson’s many No 10 parties as ‘fluff’. Is Johnson a mortally wounded beast? […]
Yemen and Ukraine: Compare and contrast a tale of two wars – by Fra Hughes
Two very distinct and separate wars are concurrently happening in West Asia and Eastern Europe. Both wars have their origins in people fighting to free themselves from corrupt government. The Yemini people rose in a popular revolution against a corrupt regime that acted in the interests of regional and international power blocs and not […]
TV REVIEW: ULSTER GIANTS
Joe Mahon has a husky voice that oozes friendliness and curiosity. He’s been on UTV visiting places for so long, he’s almost part of the scenery himself. Last week on ULSTER GIANTS (UTV) he was checking out the A6, which for those who don’t know is the new road to Derry (Indeed, Virginia – it […]