Gone are the days of segregation and fascism, when your life chances depended on the colour of your skin or eyes. Now your job prospects depend on how qualified you are, rather than where you came from. Equal opportunity is …
nationalism
Tír gan Teanga, Tír gan anam?
Féidhlim Mac Róibín argues that the bitter attitude towards the Irish language is rooted in deep national self-doubt
Identity politics are universally fraught.
Ireland is not alone in having bitter disagreements in relation to language policy; however, it is unusual that the disagreements do not form along the lines of two cultural traditions, but that rather the intensity …
Resistance and revolution: Kurdistan’s long road to independence
The West owes the Kurds continued support, but what of Turkey?
1916 still poses a dilemma for the government parties and Fianna Fáil
Past heroes in the republican struggle for Irish freedom are succeeded by the republicans of later generations, not by the inheritors of the suppressors of that struggle or gombeen men and women.
Government ministers, their parties and the Fianna Fáil leadership are in denial. They have led numerous attacks on Sinn Féin at an increased rate since springtime. On March 20, at a Fianna Fáil event geared at unveiling their plans to …