An oddly mild day in the first week of December. Inside the good wife has arrived home with a “real” ,netted Christmas tree which must mean that Christmas is on the way and preparations are afoot for the arrival of Mr Claus.The Golden Grand Daughter and her entourage are expected to arrive for the festivities, […]
December, 2016
Last night on ‘Prime Time: five things not to expect
The media, as you probably know, feed on the media. Where would The Sun be without Eastenders, where would the outraged editorials be without TV interviews? So I found it interesting this morning that RTÉ Radio’s Good Morning Ireland featured a clip starring Fianna Fail TD Niall Collins speaking about the Stack case on last […]
Pat Finucane: The Long and Winding Road
For those of you who care about a solicitor killed decades ago while having a meal with his family, here’s the latest up-date on his family’s quest for truth. pat-finucane-the-campaign-for-an-independent-public-inquiry-rfj-dec-2016
Alan Farrell TD: “Douglas Hogg? Who’s he?”
Alan Farrell is a remarkable man. Yesterday, he stood up in the Dail and named two TDs in connection with the killing of prison officer Brian Stack in 1983. This morning I’ve just listened to him explaining to Audrey Carville on RTÉ that he felt completely justified in doing this. He was asked where he […]
Vertex: the company that knows how to kill
For anyone in doubt about the power of multi-national corporations, a recent RTÉ Prime Time should have disabused them of that doubt. It was just one item of a number dealt with on the edition of the programme, but it was by far the most powerful. It opened with Joe Brolly (yes, that one) talking to camera […]
‘Maghaberry: A British Hell-Hole in Ireland’ by Donal Lavery
Anyone following the news lately will have seen the updates on conditions in Maghaberry prison, including the suicides of several inmates. Irrespective of their political beliefs or what they are in there for, any right thinking person should be concerned about the matter on a human level. It would be inaccurate to suggest that I’m […]
HATING ONE’S NEIGHBOURS by Donal Kennedy
Reading comments from “MT” “BILLY” and “JOE BLOGGS” is a depressing experience. They are devoid of charm, wit or civility and they have convinced me that they are activated by **** of most people living in Ireland or whose allegiance or sentiments are Irish. Billy extends his **** to people who grow beards or wear a […]
THE ART OF TERRORISM : PART 1
Some would say that the following passage of overblown , yet conceptually concise chest-beating ,is the very foundation -stone of “terrorism” in Ireland. From the early years of the 20th century ,It invokes God,subjection and blind obedience to an ethos which licenced those who believe it to solemnly pursue violence.. “BEING CONVINCED in our consciences […]
PEABRAIN v E. O BROIN by Perkin Warbeck
Rory Mac, uncertain with the wearing of the greens, has run out of putters from time to Toome while more recently, and even more astonishingly, Pat Kenny ran out of patter. This latter instance of demand and no supply occurred when Katie Hopkins, a surprisingly perceptive guest, branded her host, PK, a (gulp) […]
‘New Trade Union Network for Palestine’ by Eddie Whyte
(Eddie Whyte blogs at https://palestiniansolidarity.wordpress.com/2016/12/05/new-trade-union-network-for-palestine/ Recently over 100 trade union delegates, representing twenty nine unions and three million members from all over Europe, gathered in a historic first meeting in Brussels to challenge European governments’ complicity with Israel and establish a cross European platform in solidarity with the people of Palestine. Israel’s blatant disregard for international […]