Many people who lived through the Partition of our country had a clear view of what the British were about when they approved of that political solution to the ‘Irish problem’. The late Fr Des Wilson of Springhill Community reminded us that the only political statement he remembered from his father; was: ”You […]
HOW THE CHRISTIAN BROTHERS EXPLAINED THE GREAT WAR TO THEIR PUPILS WHILE IT WAS RAGING – by Donal Kennedy
In the 1980s I wrote in THE IRISH DEMOCRAT a piece called “SCHOOLS OF VIOLENCE: BROTHERS AND ARMS” refuting the canard that the Irish Christian Brothers promoted republican militancy. Those who spread that canard were quacks, chancers and charlatans. You may read my refutation which was reprinted as a BLOG here on November 25th […]
October 7: How come it happened?
The Israeli embassy in South Korea has removed a video showing an imaginary scenario in which Koreans are attacked by masked assailants in Seoul, a reference to Hamas, Seoul’s foreign ministry said today. In ways you can see why they’d do it. The Israeli embassy in South Korea put up the video on Facebook, with […]
RADIO DAYS- HEAVENLY PEACE AMIDST A WORLD ABLAZE – by Donal Kennedy
The very first broadcast of “White Christmas” was on 25th December 1941, three days before I was born. I don’t remember the broadcast nor the day II was born. I can though remember my 3rd Birthday, apple pie and the present of a toy aeroplane, which my brother told me was a four-engined […]
What kind of God does Netanyahu and his ally Biden believe in? by Joe McVeigh
Clearly, Netanyahu believes in the god of vengeance and punishment. He once quoted the Old Testament Book of Ecclesiastes ‘there is a time for war’. He and his Zionist government are pursuing a policy of genocide in Gaza. Already, Netanyahu’s army has killed over 21, 000 Palestinians in Gaza in their stated aim of destroying […]
Q: What to do with an opportunity? A: Seize it
Leo Varadkar is a big man with a big job to do. In this post-Christmas phase, one big part of that big job is immigration. In today’s Irish Times, we’re told, there are “far-right myths” about migration that must be addressed ‘as it will be the big issue of 2024’. […]
A day in the life of a mother and child in Gaza
BY AZHAAR AMAYREH DECEMBER 23, 2023 from Mondoweiss It seems almost assured we will not survive the bombings directed at us from every direction. If we don’t, I hope someone will appreciate and comprehend the hell my child and I went through in our last days. PALESTINIANS GATHER WITH POTS TO RECEIVE FOOD AT A DONATION POINT […]
The Dublin government is taking the British government to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in an attempt to thwart Britain’s Legacy Bill, which aims to stop all inquiries into violent events during the Troubles. But if they were successful, does anybody believe that the IRA or the UDA, not to mention […]
“COURAGE: EIGHT PORTRAITS” by Gordon Brown, REVIEWED BY DONAL KENNEDY
I’ve commented on this book before, and the moral compass of its author, whom I regard as a humbug. Nurse Edith Cavell, was written into the Church of England Calendar of Saints shortly after her death at the hands of a German firing squad in Belgium in 1915. It was reckoned that the […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT ASSISTED DYING, WHETHER A BASKET CASE NEI WILL HASTEN A UI, ISRAEL, & DODGY PPE
Should it be against the law to assist someone in dying? What about if they’re in terrible pain? And if a heart-broken partner, perfectly healthy, wants to go with them, should you assist that? If you favour a united Ireland, do you secretly delight in the fact that NEI is something of a basket case? […]