It’s a sad and bitter thing to say, but there’s no way to avoid the Middle East. If you switch on your TV it’s in every news report, if you leave your TV off it weighs heavy on your mind. So what will the outcome be, if Israel does what it says it’ll do […]
Israel : A Veil of Lies Leading to a Slaughter – by Michael Lagan
The Middle East is a powder keg at the minute and could explode at any time. Usually, the instigator in most scenarios is Israel, owing to its ability to do as it pleases anytime anywhere due to the fact most know the USA will come riding in to back Israel up no matter what. […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT THE BREACHING OF THAT WALL, PEOPLE ON BENEFITS, AND PRESIDENT M D HIGGINS
Buncrana is a small town in Donegal. Recently 66 male refugees arrived there, and were put up in an accommodation space of 19 rooms. Are the Buncranians right to feel nervous? Hamas and three questions: How did Israeli intelligence not know during two years of planning to breach their wall, how did Hamas manage to […]
Israel’s iron wall – how come it was breached?
In 2021, the Israeli Defence minister reassured Israelis that there was a barrier around Gaza that would protect Israel. Benny Gantz said the mix of steel and concrete barrier placed an “iron wall” around Gaza and would protect Israelis in the south from Hamas. “This barrier will provide Israeli citizens a sense of […]
MICHAEL D vs URSULA VON DER LEYEN:Letter to the Irish Times – by Donal Kennedy
Sir, I have not voted in Ireland since 1961 as I have lived in England since 1964 but many of my fellow citizens from Ireland have repeatedly voted Michael D Higgins to Dail Eireann and the Presidency of Ireland in the intervening years. Not a single citizen of Ireland […]
The Bombing of Britton’s pub near Pettigo in December 1972 – by Joe McVeigh
In the 1960s, Britton’s pub (also known as “the Cross” ) at Mulinagoad about 3 miles west from Pettigo in Co Donegal was a popular place especially for people from the North Fermanagh area. It did a big business on Sunday evenings as the pubs in the North were closed on Sundays. […]
50,000 pregnant Palestinian women are due to give birth within the next 14 days – by Fra Hughes
According to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza 50,000 Gazan women are set to give to birth in Gaza within the next 14 days. Israel’s abhorrent genocidal destruction of Gaza continues unabated .The ongoing targeting of the living ,the dead and now it appears the unborn garners no criticism from the political […]
Palestine – by Paddy McCann
Depressing scenes from Gaza, but I believe this is the end of Israel. It’s proven beyond any doubt to be a mortally corrupt state, from their leader down. Many many Jews do not support Zionism. Read ‘The General’s Son’, or Jimmy Carter’s ‘Israel – Apartheid State’.They have manipulated the West as the West turned […]
Little Known or Appreciated in his Native City : Brian Friel – by John Patton
I took this portrait of Brian Friel in the study of his Moville home in July 2010, shortly before he would be honoured with a season of his plays at that year’s prestigiously World Famous, Edinburgh Festival. It was a singular honour, traditionally afforded to writers such as Chekhov, Shakespeare and other literati. […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT THE MEDIA & ISRAEL, IRELAND RUGBY TEAM, AND SOCCER PLAYERS GETTIN’ A LORRAMONEY
Maybe you’ve noticed – when someone on TV defends the rights of the Palestinians, they’re frequently confronted with the rejoinder “So you support Hamas, then…” It’s a bit like being critical of the British army here – the assumption then was that you were a Provo-lover. That rugby game – it’d make you weep. […]