It looks like some Ulsterish elements have decided upon a replay at Drumcree and a “once more to the breach [or brink!] dear friends” event. John Finucane MP summed up the collective will of the Catholic community in relation to that when he announced: “No Going Back!”Nationalists duly flooded into the Garvaghy Road in defence … Continue reading The Drumcree Replay
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Pay Parity: Northern Ireland And England
Since the Belfast Agreement there have been increasing problems with pay parity in the public sector—apart from local government, where the north is covered by England and Wales pay agreements. However, this has not been the subject of separate industrial action. On this issue Chat GPT states: "The key to understanding this is that direct rule … Continue reading Pay Parity: Northern Ireland And England
The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive.
(Series 9) The Evolution Of British Policy And The Emergence Of A Sinn Fein Publicity Department In The Years After The Easter Rising. Mss notes, Part 33 Ireland at the end of May 1920 Surveying the scene in Ireland at the end of May, General Macready was not a happy man. That the Irish Bulletin … Continue reading The Brian P. Murphy OSB Archive.
A Journalist And A Functionary!
Book Review Famous Trials 9: Roger Casement, Penguin Books, 1964, by H. Montgomery Hyde H. Montgomery Hyde (1907-1989) was an Ulster Unionist MP and officer of Military Intelligence, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. With that background, it is perhaps not surprising that the book is biased against Casement. But there are no rants … Continue reading A Journalist And A Functionary!
Roger Casement — Omertà
A free press is what makes a democracy free and distinguishes it from autocratic states. When the press complies with propaganda on any issue, a vital freedom is compromised and the people are betrayed. This process is known as ‘the manufacture of consent’. The refusal by the press in Ireland to challenge the Casement propaganda … Continue reading Roger Casement — Omertà
Iceland’s Rejection Of Talks About EU Membership
The incomprehension of Irish europhiles at Iceland's decisive rejection of European Union membership talks reveals a fundamental unwillingness to confront the historical record and undemocratic character of the European integration project. When 52.8% of Icelandic voters rejected the government's proposal to reopen accession negotiations, the reaction from europhile quarters in Dublin—where the EU has been … Continue reading Iceland’s Rejection Of Talks About EU Membership
Of Morality And Corruption
(IPR, January 2011) "The root cause of the crisis is to be found in the moral bankruptcy of Irish political culture. As a result we became accustomed to regarding the marketplace and the forces within it, plus the entire commercial sphere, as moral free zones" — that is the view of T.P. O'Mahony in a … Continue reading Of Morality And Corruption
Simplistic Approaches To Taxes Will Ultimately Hurt Workers
Organised Labour There is a rich irony in the Government saying the budget will focus on making work pay, while also pledging to increase inherited wealth, writes Owen Reidy, Secretary General of the Irish Congress of Trade Union (14.9.2026). OVER recent weeks and months, Government Ministers have said that Budget 2027 will be one that … Continue reading Simplistic Approaches To Taxes Will Ultimately Hurt Workers
Germany Struggles for Existence — Editorial
"Germany's postwar inoculation against far-right extremism has been on the wane for over a decade and, on Sunday [6th September], it finally gave up. Voters in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt embraced the Alternative for Germany to an unprecedented extent: it won 44 per cent support on a record turn out of 76 per cent". … Continue reading Germany Struggles for Existence — Editorial
Good Friday Agreement: “Got F*** All”?
The late Brendan Hughes famously described the Good Friday Agreement as the “Got F*** All” agreement. He had a point in relation to the Republican objective: The Republican War was concluded by the IRA with Northern Ireland still part of the British State and Sinn Fein administering British rule within a new Stormont. The Good Friday Agreement did, of course, achieve an … Continue reading Good Friday Agreement: “Got F*** All”?
