What is going on in Russia? One minute the leader of a huge mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is marching angrily on Moscow, the next he’s saying “Ah no, I don’t want to spill Russian blood” and he’s taken off to live in Belarus. It’s in the West’s interest […]
Transition: Is It Really That Complicated? – by Michael Lagan
For 25 years now the PIRA, many of whom were and are members of Sinn Fein have openly denounced dissident Republican violence, have called for peace to prevail, and called for all armed groups to disband, going so far as to offer to meet with the RIRA to talk about […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT IRISH NEUTRALITY, THAT SUBMERSIBLE, AND RYAN TUBRIDY LOOKS IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT
Michael D Higgins has criticised the neutrality conference that’s being held at present, and the woman who is its chairperson – he believes the seats are too inclined away from neutrality. He also criticised the chairperson, on the grounds that she was a Dame of the British Empire (DBE). He’s since apologised for these ‘off-the-cuff’ […]
FINLAND AND NORWAY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR – by Donal Kennedy
Wednesday, 21 June 2023 at 21:28:59 BST Subject Dear Sir, On June 1942 Adolf Hitler visited Finland to congratulate the Commander in Chief of that country’s Armed Forces, Field Marshal Carl Gustav Von Mannerheim on his 75th Birthday. Hitler’s address was recorded. It is unique because it is the […]
Death and the submersible
When history looks back – assuming that history can look and that we’ve not trashed the world to the point of extinction – it will surely look with amazement at our world and wonder at the things that happened side-by-side. We have a prime example at the moment: as I type this, the lives of […]
Ireland’s neutrality – with tanks
I don’t always agree with President Michael D Higgins – I’ve an aversion to people who get elected saying they’ll do one thing (In Michael D’s case that he’d serve just one term as President) and then do something else (Michael D is approaching the end of his second term). But […]
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A FREE PRESS by Donal Kennedy
“Paramount among the responsibilties of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell ” – United States Supreme Court Judge when the Court by a 6 to […]
TRIPE AND TREASON IN THE IRISH TIMES by Donal Kennedy
On the centenary of the 1916 Rising a contributor to the IRISH TIMES “Rite and Reason” slot assured its readers that Daniel O’Connell never shot any man. Two hundred and one years earlier, in February 1815, Daniel O’Connell famously shot dead John D’Esterre in a public duel. The Catholics’ political […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT IRISH NEUTRALITY, UNARMED POLICE, THE DUP AND HOW THINGS IRISH THREATEN THEM…
President Michael D Higgins has said that the south of Ireland is drifting dangerously towards NATO. Micheál Martin has said the President shouldn’t intervene in politics. Is he right? Is it possible to be neutral? Should Ireland do something radically different? The gardaí in the south are unarmed and proud of […]
A Culture of Intimidation – by Michael Lagan
. I’ve lived in Loyalist towns almost my entire life. From Carrickfergus to Larne to Ballymena and I’ve driven the length and breadth of Ireland and the length and breadth of NEI now as part of my job. I travel through towns and villages every day in this lovely land of ours, […]