September, 2024

Somebody should tip off the Labour Party in Britain about the law of unintended consequences. There are 92 hereditary peers in the House of Lords. There were a  lot more, but Tony Blair  as PM trimmed that back to 92 in 1999; now this present British Labour Party under Keir Starmer plan to flush the […]

It seems there is no end to the cases where children were abused in Irish schools by teaching clergy. Latest figures list 64  allegations at Belvedere  College, 89 at Terenure College, 60 at Rockwell College, and on and on.  Allegations against Jesuits, Carmelites, Spiritans (formerly Holy Ghost Fathers) and more. I believe it’s important we […]

Trevor Ringland is a likeable man. Handsome, soft-spoken, a former Ireland rugby player. He is also, in my experience, a man with  seriously deformed thinking about our Troubles and nationalism in general. I remember sharing a BBC radio panel with him once, when the GAA was under discussion. I asked Trevor if the GAA were […]

Over the weekend and today, there are huge demonstrations in Israel, calling for the return of the Israeli hostages, and calling on Netenyahu to get them back or he’s in serious trouble. Is that good news? Florida is ahead of every other state in the US when it comes to banning books in schools. Is […]

    For over a century Russia has not posed a threat to Western countries nor to those  countries’ legitimate interests and it does not do so now.   It is the largest country on our planet blessed with natural resources and with an educated skilled population which can put them to good use for themselves […]

     The weekly IRISH POST, published in London since 1970 describes itself as The Voice of The Irish in Britain. It’s a fair claim and one of the voices featured was mine, from 1974 on. My, how the last half-century has flown! Tempus Fugit, D**n it!   I count the current Editor, Mal Rogers, as a personal […]