July, 2022

How can anyone in their right mind see collusion as an illusion?  Some within Unionism see the mere thought of collusion as some kind of attempt to rewrite history.  Some might prefer to label it fake news.  However, if one is telling the truth or finding out the truth then surely it isn’t rewriting history […]

  It goes without saying that the British have a horrific record in Ireland; ranging from the evils of Cromwell, an Gorta Mór and the undemocratic partition that gave birth to the bigoted statelet. Many apologists of British imperialism will argue that other empires were worse – which is sort of akin to the Khmer […]

Most of us are fond of urging others to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes before coming to a judgement about them. We don’t do it that much ourselves, but we quite like prescribing it for others. But that’s usually at the personal level. At the public or international level, we tone down some. […]

Were you impressed by Rishi, Kemi, Penny and the other Tory leader hopefuls to fill Bojo’s shoes? And what gives with the sudden cancellation of the Sky debate which was to have happened tonight? Alex Kane, the unionist commentator, has an article in today’s Irish Times in which he warns unionism that a border poll […]

  The idea, indeed the irony of Micheal Martin saying not enough is being done to foster understanding and co-operation on the island of Ireland between North and South is quite extraordinary and demonstrates clearly the massive rift which has formed between the Southern Irish government and Unionists in the North.  Not so long ago […]

  There seems to be a change in the air over bonfires this year.  One might say that this year the much-acclaimed ‘bonfire builders’, a profession in its own right it seems, have been making up for lost time due to the pandemic.  Most if not all bonfires were festooned with Irish flags, papal flags, […]

So – the Tory party’s runners and riders to replace Bojo are up and running. Three people seem to have a pretty firm grasp of the front three spot – Sunak, Truss and Mordaunt. So which of those three would you like to see become British PM – or do you care? Naomi Long has […]

    SCOTT DIED IN 1932 BUT HIS DIARIES FIRST SAW THE LIGHT IN 1961. I don’t recall any Irish, or other response to them. But they are primes sources for an understanding of the first three decades of the 20th Century. I quoted here Lloyd George’s statement of 29 October 1921 that if he […]

    Like many in the Catholic community I feel a deep sense of relief that my least favourite day of the year has passed. This year much like every other year before it in the failed existence of ‘Northern Ireland’ -and for many years preceding the creation of this sectarian statelet- large swathes of […]

          So that’s it for another year. All done and dusted bar the shouting (and the Scarva Sham Fight).  I live in a staunchly Loyalist town, and strangely, as a nationalist, always have , so I have the unenviable pleasure of seeing all the sectarianism and vile bigotry first hand every […]