Buncrana is a small town in Donegal. Recently 66 male refugees arrived there, and were put up in an accommodation space of 19 rooms. Are the Buncranians right to feel nervous? Hamas and three questions: How did Israeli intelligence not know during two years of planning to breach their wall, how did Hamas manage to […]
October, 2023
Israel’s iron wall – how come it was breached?
In 2021, the Israeli Defence minister reassured Israelis that there was a barrier around Gaza that would protect Israel. Benny Gantz said the mix of steel and concrete barrier placed an “iron wall” around Gaza and would protect Israelis in the south from Hamas. “This barrier will provide Israeli citizens a sense of […]
MICHAEL D vs URSULA VON DER LEYEN:Letter to the Irish Times – by Donal Kennedy
Sir, I have not voted in Ireland since 1961 as I have lived in England since 1964 but many of my fellow citizens from Ireland have repeatedly voted Michael D Higgins to Dail Eireann and the Presidency of Ireland in the intervening years. Not a single citizen of Ireland […]
The Bombing of Britton’s pub near Pettigo in December 1972 – by Joe McVeigh
In the 1960s, Britton’s pub (also known as “the Cross” ) at Mulinagoad about 3 miles west from Pettigo in Co Donegal was a popular place especially for people from the North Fermanagh area. It did a big business on Sunday evenings as the pubs in the North were closed on Sundays. […]
50,000 pregnant Palestinian women are due to give birth within the next 14 days – by Fra Hughes
According to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza 50,000 Gazan women are set to give to birth in Gaza within the next 14 days. Israel’s abhorrent genocidal destruction of Gaza continues unabated .The ongoing targeting of the living ,the dead and now it appears the unborn garners no criticism from the political […]
Palestine – by Paddy McCann
Depressing scenes from Gaza, but I believe this is the end of Israel. It’s proven beyond any doubt to be a mortally corrupt state, from their leader down. Many many Jews do not support Zionism. Read ‘The General’s Son’, or Jimmy Carter’s ‘Israel – Apartheid State’.They have manipulated the West as the West turned […]
Little Known or Appreciated in his Native City : Brian Friel – by John Patton
I took this portrait of Brian Friel in the study of his Moville home in July 2010, shortly before he would be honoured with a season of his plays at that year’s prestigiously World Famous, Edinburgh Festival. It was a singular honour, traditionally afforded to writers such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and other literati. […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT THE MEDIA & ISRAEL, IRELAND RUGBY TEAM, AND SOCCER PLAYERS GETTIN’ A LORRAMONEY
Maybe you’ve noticed – when someone on TV defends the rights of the Palestinians, they’re frequently confronted with the rejoinder “So you support Hamas, then…” It’s a bit like being critical of the British army here – the assumption then was that you were a Provo-lover. That rugby game – it’d make you weep. […]
Does Israel intend to occupy Gaza ? – by Fra Hughes
As the murderous Zionist onslaught upon the civilian population of Gaza continues, what is the end plan? We have watched helplessly from operation Cast Lead in 2009 the cyclical nature of Israeli aggression, murdering old men, grandmothers, children and eviscerating whole families cowering in the dark huddling close for comfort and praying […]
TOPICAL? THE KILLING OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE WHEELS OF JUSTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM – by Donal Kennedy
DEATH ON THE STREETS OF DERRY. Tony Gifford. NCCL. 21pp. 75p Tony Gifford is a Labour Peer and a Queen’s Counsel. His pamphlet follows visits to Derry where he questioned eye-witnesses to two incidents in April 1981.In them three young civilians, all unarmed, Irish and Catholic, met their deaths. Fifteen-year old Paul […]