MI5-TCD character assassination debunked Trinity College Dublin is soon to be “re-branded” as “Trinity College, the University of Dublin”. While this might seem a little arrogant, apparently the name change is in part to facilitate “international students” seeking foreign study options on Google! Whatever its branding strategy, its Bank of Ireland Professor of Contemporary Irish History, member of its Board until […]
July, 2017
‘ Earnan de Blaghd and his service to the state’ by Donal Kennedy
There’s been a series of letters in the London TIMES recently for and against the teaching of Welsh in Wales. One letter from Dublin asserted that the Irish State had spent countless millions on the promotion of the Irish Language. Anyone conversant with the Irish State should know that its Department of Finance, inherited from […]
‘Bigotry and sectarianism must be opposed’ by Joe McVeigh
The recent deal between the Tories and the DUP is a stark reminder of the actions of right-wing Tories and Unionists in the early years of the 20thcentury which greatly heightened tensions within Ireland and led to the partitioning of the country with its dreadful consequences. The Conservative and Unionist leaders, including some rabble rousing evangelical […]
Edwin and the Irish language
George Orwell wasn’t the only writer to see a link between the language politicians use and the quality of their thinking . Catholic writer and Trappist monk Thomas Merton also had a keen eye for the way that twisted expression often reflected twisted thinking: “Double-talk, tautology, ambiguous cliche, self-righteous and doctrinaire pomposity and pseudoscientific jargon” […]
BBC stars: are they worth it?
So. The stars of the BBC who earn over £150,000 a year are to have their salaries revealed – today is it? And I noted Stephen Nolan was facing up manfully to the topic before I switched him off this morning. Is he – are they – worth it? There are so many angles to […]
TOBLERONE-shaped TOLERANCE by Perkin Warbeck
It is not only the Northern Yunes what have a prob with the Leprechaun, A Mháistir Ionúin Blog. Last Sunday on The Ivan Yates Show on Newstalk fm which is part of the DOBland Dissemination Duopoly the former Royal Meath midfielder, Liam Hayes, opined that ‘he was a huge fan of the GAA, apart […]
Subject: Wind Turbine Noise – Information Evening Monday 24th July in BROUGHDERG, Co. TYRONE
An information evening on the adverse health impacts of WIND TURBINE NOISE will take place in the Community Centre in BROUGHDERG, County Tyrone (on the main road between Greencastle and Draperstown) on Monday 24th July 2017 starting at 8.00 pm Please promote this FREE event as it is important to learn about the adverse health […]
COMMEMORATING 1916 – IRISH TIMES REPORT
Commemorating 1919-1923 will be much bigger challenge than 1916 – historian History festival hopes to generate debate on how to commemorate revolutionary period Barry Roche IRISHTIMES.COM 17 July 2017 The organisers of a history festival in west Cork are hoping its examination of some of the most controversial events of the Irish revolutionary period will stimulate a […]
That Linfield-Celtic game: one lot’s as bad as the other, right?
So the Linfield-Celtic game didn’t turn out to be the friendly, happy event that some had assured us it would be. One of Stephen Nolan’s regulars – I think it was Thomas from the Shankill, but I’m not sure – was, pre-match, strong on the danger that some trouble-maker Celtic fans might get into Windsor […]
Why does unionism resist an Irish language act?
Here’s Ben Lowry in the News Letter just over a week ago: “In March, the Department of Communities published figures for 2015/16 that found that 9% of the adult population in Northern Ireland can speak Irish, 5% can write it and only 1% can write or carry on a complicated conversation in the language.” Ben is […]