There is more and more talk of the disintegration of the UK. But hold! Who is this we see galloping to the rescue? Why it’s former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown. Hooray! Irish people are used to being identified as boozers – but in fact research indicates that English people drink far more than […]
January, 2021
TRIPE AND TREASON: Fifty years of obfuscation over at last? by Donal Kennedy
Between 1916 and 1922 democratic Ireland, though almost totally unarmed, won a brilliant victory. All wars involve propaganda, which, properly understood, means the publication of messages. The word has come to be understood as lying. Within weeks of arranging the execution of the leading Insurgents of Easter Week, Britain’s General Maxwell said they had achieved more […]
Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right: the DUP Zero Sum by Tárlach Russell
In 1921, Edward Carson warned his successor as the political leader of Ulster Unionism, James Craig: “From the outset let us see that the Catholic minority have nothing to fear from Protestant majority.” Contrary to Carson’s advice, Craig was to boast in 1934 of having created in Belfast “a Protestant Parliament for a Protestant People.” […]
CHURCHES AND STATES – PLURAL – GUILTY OF INHUMANITY -BEFORE AND AFTER 1921 by Donal Kennedy
Workhouses and the enforced breaking up of families by the state, “reformatories” and Industrial Schools long pre-dated Britain’s partial withdrawal from Ireland. Father Joe MacVeigh, whose blogs I admire, seems to have taken his cue from Fintan O’Toole and The Irish Times, from Eoghan Harris and the Sunday Independent, Colm Toibin and The Sunday Times, […]
The British Covid 19 new variant strain is 30% more deadly and 70% more transmissible. It cannot really get much worse, can it? by Fra Hughes
The Covid 19, British-variant strain is causing havoc among the population, damage to the economy and distress to the rest of the world. It is believed this new mutation, which developed in the British Isles, may be up to 30% more dangerous when it comes to survival rates and up to 70% more transmissible. A […]
THE CRISIS IN THE IRISH CATHOLIC CHURCH by Joe McVeigh
As Pope Francis discovered during his short visit to Ireland in August 2018, the Irish Catholic Church is in crisis. This is partly as a result of the Child abuse scandals, the cover-up by bishops, the Magdalene laundries, the Tuam babies scandal and the other shocking reports of abuse in Mother and Baby Homes around the country. […]
TV review:The Tommy Tiernan Show (RTÉ)
This TV review first appeared in the Andersonstown News I’ve never felt drawn to Tommy Tiernan. Don’t ask me why – probably blind prejudice on my part. Or maybe his smart-arse manner. But THE TOMMY TIERNAN SHOW (RTÉ) has converted me. In a medium awash with same-old chat-shows, THE TOMMY TIERNAN SHOW is truly different. The setting is bare – just two chairs, […]
FORMER BRITISH CHANCELLOR PROVIDES ADDITIONAL REASONS TO SIGN ONE IRELAND PETITION by Fr Sean McManus
FORMER BRITISH CHANCELLOR PROVIDES ADDITIONAL REASONS TO SIGN ONE IRELAND PETITION The nineteenth social-media video (6 minutes) by the Irish National Caucus on its One Ireland Petition and on England’s Partition of Ireland recruits the assistance of an unlikely source—a former Tory British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. VIDEO #.19. TO WATCH FR. MCMANUS’ VIDEO CLICK— […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT BRITISH ARMY MEDICS, THE KILLING OF PADDY McELHONE AND PAT CONQUERS THE MIRROR
The British army will be sending 100 medics to help with the Covid fight in NEI. Should we be grateful? In 1974, Paddy McElhone (24) was shot dead by the British army outside Pomeroy. Yesterday he was found to be an innocent victim. Why did it take so long? And finally, Pat McArt is, from […]
British army come to our aid, in our battle take part
Here’s Health Minister Robin Swann: “The armed forces have provided invaluable support in this pandemic, including aeromedical evacuation, real-estate and ongoing logistical planning. Our hospitals are under immense pressure and an additional staffing complement will be very welcome on the front line. This is a health decision and I am confident it will be supported […]