Category: Ireland Political
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The latest pronouncement by King Charles of England a few weeks ago, should surely have scuppered the Good Friday agreement. in his speech says he would never “sign up to a referendum on a United Erin/Ireland never would and never will”. This remark should have ended the Good Friday agreement as a referendum is allowed…
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Here’s a topic i meant to write about on the anniversary of the Good friday agreement in April last year. There has been other developments particularly the Sinn Féin ard fheis (party conference ) in November where they seem to have abandoned the principle of a United Ireland. Well the leadership have anyway. A United…
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Here’s a book by a former US marine John Crawley who on leaving the American army joined the IRA to go fight the British army in the North during the late 70’s. American born but of Irish parentage though he attended secondary school in Ireland. He did his leaving cert at the age of 18…
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Seeing a snippet of Virgin media Tv coverage of “Royal Ascot”. I was dismayed to find Irish people dressing up in hats and coat-tails to honour the British King. England/Britain has a long history of oppression in Erin/Ireland, eight centuries of rape and pillage to be more precise. We have over hundred years of so…
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Just listened to the Niall Boylan show on Classix hits Wednesday 23 August 23. The topic being discussed was young people living with their parents unable to afford rent or mortgages. ( Average salary in Ireland is €45,000. Average price of a 3 bedroomed house is €305,000, in Dublin average house price is €430,000. Borrowing…
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Have watched the situation in Irish hospitals unfold over the last few months, one has to say the overcrowding issue is not new .Its the same story year after year for as long as I can remember, Its made worse by having politicians in charge, their inept, incompetent and corrupt management of Irish hospitals leaves…
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The government have unwrapped new proposals on pension “reforms”. These “reforms” will allow people to “opt” to take a slightly larger pension at seventy years of age instead of sixty six at present. Other “reforms” will increase the length of contributions to forty years up from the present ten year prsi contribution. These measures…
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Flicked on the radio to “Classic Hits” the show that was on was “Guaranteed Irish” with Meghann Scully 8-10 pm Sunday night . She introduced a band i think was called the “Academic” and their t0ur dates in Belfast and Derry which she called “Londonderry” only a loyalist calls it rhat and then asked if…
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Just browsing facebook and came across this post from Irish History and Troubles about Gerry Adams being a Mi5 spy.. This accusation dates from 2014, you can see the article on Belfast Telegraph website here . The report alleges that Gerry Adams was turned in 1972 during a Police interrogation and worked secretly for Mi5…
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Above is gif from Wikipedia Commons showing the signatures on the Anglo Irish treaty which was signed on the December 5th/6th 1921. What can one say about the Anglo Irish treaty ? Absolute disaster is what I would say, the Irish delegation had under pressure signed up to the partition of Ireland, an oath of…