(First published in the Irish Political Review in November 2014 but still relevant) A CLOWN IN HOLY ORDERS, celebrating Requiem Mass in Dublin for a soldier killed serving with theBritish Army in Afghanistan (or Iraq?) said in his praise that the deceased always carried his IrishPassport.Perhaps we should expect the Pope to Canonise adulterers who […]
September, 2023
ARE SOLES WELL SERVED BY LOBB’S OF ST JAMES? – by Donal Kennedy
My blog “THE GRISLY DEATH OF WEAPONS EXPERT DAVID KELLY AND ITS BIZARRE AFTERMATH” (August 21st) revealed that the late Emperor Bokassa, released after suffering imprisonment for several murders, and the Late Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, BrianHutton were so anxious for their soles’ salvation that they both patronised Britain’s most exclusiveshoemakers, Lobb’s of […]
Flags, flags,flags, flags
I spent a short time in the US recently and while New York and environs wasn’t coming down with Stars n Stripes, it wasn’t short of them either. We’re talking here, of course, about the American national flag. The head-bangers who invaded the Capitol building in protest against the fact that Biden got more […]
McCord-Irish National Caucus call on King Charles to refuse Royal Assent to appalling British Amnesty Bill – by Fr Sean McManus
Fr. McManus and Raymond McCord. Congressional office. 2009. . The Tories in the British Parliament have the votes to pass the appalling Amnesty Bill. Only one individual can personally stop them—King Charles III. In the British system, such a Bill can only become law with the “Royal Assent”—the assent of the Monarch, King, or […]
The Irish American Unity Conference has received an appalling letter from the British Government
The Irish American Unity Conference has received an appalling letter from the British Government which lays bare the UK’s disdain for Irish America. Lord Caine, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, writing “on behalf of the UK Government,” basically tells the US and Ireland to stay out of Northern Ireland affairs. […]
N Emerson and the Sean Graham betting shop commemoration
Newton Emerson (pipe down, Virginia) recently executed a little victory dance column in The Irish Times. It was in honour of the fact that two policeman had been disciplined for unlawfully detaining a man at a memorial event for those killed at Sean Graham’s betting shop on the Ormeau Road in 1992. The fact that […]