July, 2020

As the fires burn out the embers continue to smoulder. Each year around the twelfth of July, law-abiding citizens have to put up with sectarian bonfires, marches, closed roads, illegal potentially life-threatening street fires and the ever-present threat of violence. For the last several years the New Lodge Road area has witnessed significant violence between the state […]

There is a radical quarantine in place in Venezuela at the present time as the COVID 19 Coronavirus appears to gain a foothold in the country. The fear at this time is for the Barios, in the capital Caracas, which may be susceptible to the virus, as they are among the most densely populated and […]

It’s beginning to look like a Kennedy family thing.  Bernard Cowen  was a Fianna Fail TD and Minister of State back in the day. His da was a Fianna Fáil  councillor. Brian Cowen was a Fiannna Fáil Taoiseach, brought low by, among other things,  a half-awake moment after a night of drink and craic. And […]

On July 13 1920 THE IRISH BULLETIN listed 54 cases in 21 counties were dealt with by Republican Police and Republican Courts set up by the elected Government Dail Eireann . Some were criminal matters and others were civil actions where the Courts’ decisions were accepted by the contending parties On July 14 1920 THE […]

Do you remember the early days of the Covid crisis? The Tory government managed to make the scandalous shortage of PPE into a virtue by acclaiming the heroism of the different companies that were ‘converting’ so that they could produce much-needed PPE. But who decides which companies will get the thumbs-up for providing the NHS […]

The devolved regional assembly of Northern Ireland which sits at Stormont the building which previously housed the N Ireland government from 1922 to 1972 is in crisis. The precipitation something as ordinary as a funeral  something that happens every day all over the world but this was no ordinary funeral  This was the funeral of Bobby Storey […]

 Johnson and co. are intent that the BBC will take all flak for withdrawing free TV licences from the over 75s.  The broadcaster is PR savvy and there are rumours that it may axe BBC4 or shift it online to pay for the shortfall, should public opinion force them to continue with the free licence […]

Some topics you have to hunt down, others are so in your face, it’s impossible to ignore them. So today’s Zoom-chat couldn’t possibly ignore The Twelfth (and not just because it’s my birthday). Similarly, it couldn’t avoid one Englishman that practically every Irish person liked to the verge of idolatry: Jack Charlton. Just saying his […]

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGDistributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus“ How sad to see the continuing, enduring, and historically constant theme of the Orange Bonfires in Northern Ireland: anti-Irish racism and sectarian  disrespect and hatred for Catholics/Nationalists/Republicans. The acronym, “KAT,” mentioned in this pullout quote and article stands for ‘Kill All Taigs’— Taigs being the pejorative name for Catholics. […]

Ireland has been partitioned North from South for nearly 100 years. 2021 will mark the centenary of the formation of the Northern Ireland State. While Unionists and Loyalists may be celebrating another 100 years of British colonial occupation of Ireland the Irish will be monitoring the continued changes in demographics and voting patterns that will […]