Upcoming Events

National | Miscellaneous

no events match your query!

New Events

National

no events posted in last week

Blog Feeds

Anti-Empire

Anti-Empire

offsite link North Korea Increases Aid to Russia, Mos... Tue Nov 19, 2024 12:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Trump Assembles a War Cabinet Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link Slavgrinder Ramps Up Into Overdrive Tue Nov 12, 2024 10:29 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link ?Existential? Culling to Continue on Com... Mon Nov 11, 2024 10:28 | Marko Marjanovi?

offsite link US to Deploy Military Contractors to Ukr... Sun Nov 10, 2024 02:37 | Field Empty

Anti-Empire >>

Human Rights in Ireland
Promoting Human Rights in Ireland

Human Rights in Ireland >>

Lockdown Skeptics

The Daily Sceptic

offsite link Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Tru... Mon Feb 03, 2025 15:41 | Will Jones
Elon Musk?and President?Donald Trump?shut down USAID, the federal Government foreign aid agency, and locked out 600 employees overnight after the pair agreed it was "beyond repair". Afuera!
The post Elon Musk Shuts Down US Government Foreign Aid Agency and Locks Out 600 Staffers Overnight After Trump Agreed it Was “Beyond Repair” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Food Firms Revolt Against Net Zero Over Australia?s Energy Crisis Mon Feb 03, 2025 13:00 | Sallust
Firms supplying food to major Australian supermarkets have launched a revolt against Net Zero, urging the Government to dump its renewables targets and focus on ramping up gas and coal production to cut electricity prices.
The post Food Firms Revolt Against Net Zero Over Australia’s Energy Crisis appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames Mon Feb 03, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
A wind turbine has burst into flames in Cambridgeshire ? the latest instance of an issue previously described by Imperial College London as a "big problem" that is not being "fully reported".
The post Wind Turbine Bursts into Flames appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link Year After Lockdown Saw Massive Spike in Attempted Child Suicides Mon Feb 03, 2025 09:00 | Richard Eldred
Lockdowns and school closures have triggered a devastating surge in child suicides and self-harm, with hospital admissions soaring and mental health disorders skyrocketing.
The post Year After Lockdown Saw Massive Spike in Attempted Child Suicides appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

offsite link The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing Mon Feb 03, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ben Pile brands the Government's 'growth agenda' as empty political theatre, with wooden actors stumbling through hollow lines, written by someone who has no clue what growth actually is.
The post The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

Lockdown Skeptics >>

Voltaire Network
Voltaire, international edition

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?118 Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:57 | en

offsite link 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:16 | en

offsite link Misinterpretations of US trends (1/2), by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 28, 2025 06:59 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter #117 Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:54 | en

offsite link The United States bets its hegemony on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:26 | en

Voltaire Network >>

Irelands troops on front line

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday March 31, 2003 18:18author by rooster Report this post to the editors

AROUND 1,000 of the 40,000 British service personnel in Kuwait are from regiments that have direct links to Northern Ireland. More than half of the 650-strong first battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, which is part of 16 Air Assault Brigade, come from the province. Around 80 of the battalion's soldiers are from the Republic.

The brigade also contains around 80 Royal Irish Rangers (Territorial Army) volunteers from Northern Ireland.
And approximately 300 troops from the Irish Guards are serving with part of 7 Armoured Brigade.
Both brigades come within 1 (UK) Armoured Division.
The Royal Irish Regiment has been moved towards the front line this evening on the Kuwait/Iraq border (source: UTV). Over 80 members of the unit are men from the Republic of Ireland. Lets hope they all return home to Ireland safe and sound in a few weeks. Its good to see some of our fellow citizens defend our freedom.

An unknown number of Ulster folk are serving with other branches of the armed forces, including the RAF, the Royal Navy, the Parachute Regiment and the Royal Marines.

All so that the southern Irish can sleep soundly under the blanket of protection provided by Northern troops.

author by Seanpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 18:23author address author phone Report this post to the editors

What Freedom?

author by Robpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 18:30author address author phone Report this post to the editors

. . . and each and every one of them should feel ashamed of themselves. their fighting because they got scared shitless by some story made up by a dumb Texan with an absent mind, and those that pull the strings that make him walk and talk where and when they want.

I urge them to grow a set of testicles and refuse to fight. Courage lies in choosing the honourable path. This war is a shameful act . . . and I'm ashamed to be represented by such barbarism.

author by Lone gunmanpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 20:10author address author phone Report this post to the editors

That even if it is wrong,that the fightin Irish still exist.I thought we had all become spoilt,dope smoking,dublin4 wannabe hippies,who drive seris 7 BMWs

author by Hopefulpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 21:34author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hopefully they won't be able to find enough pieces to put in the body bags.

author by Bernard - .publication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 21:39author address author phone Report this post to the editors

They're British prods who live in Ireland. I support this war but no self respecting Irishman would EVER wear a Bitish uniform.

author by Wild Irishmanpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 22:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Bernard, you are one very confused piece of work. They are a mixture of denominations (and none). They are Irish, but their allegiance is to the UK, and it is the likes of you who perpetuate the type of sectarian thinking which prevents them giving their allegiance to Ireland. Piss off to some fascist site, and leave decent people alone.


author by larry goodmanpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 22:37author address author phone Report this post to the editors

"All so that the southern Irish can sleep soundly under the blanket of protection provided by Northern troops."

Sure Saddam would never touch the southern Irish.
Wasn't he a great customer for our beef .....

author by Royal hunrish here againpublication date Mon Mar 31, 2003 23:40author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Hi I'm a brave loyal royal hunrish soldier, of course I'm not from bogland, but I believe strongly that all Irish natives really want to serve their social betters, the brits, our lovely Brit queen Her majesty, and our holy brit crown. I've served at holywood barracks, a great irish place, I had great fun, playing water sports there, and dunking some upstart bogland terrorists heads in baths/basins, see how long they can hold their breath. I'm hoping to settle in another quaint irish country spot called newtonards, and marry a native mongrel or ulster prod gal, then I can sexually abuse her mongrel kids. Afterall they haven't got pure blue brit blood, so its ok.

author by Muiris O Caoimhpublication date Tue Apr 01, 2003 00:04author address author phone Report this post to the editors

As a subjugated colonial country, Ireland is doing what it does best: supplying cannon fodder for the Imperial army.

author by syd barrettpublication date Tue Apr 01, 2003 00:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Corporal Clegg had a wooden leg
He won it in the war, in 1944.
Corporal Clegg had a medal too
In orange, red, and blue
He found it in the zoo.
Dear, dear were they really sad for me?
Dear, dear will they really laugh at me?
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him.
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin.
Corporal Clegg umbrella in the rain
He's never been the same
No one is to blame
Corporal Clegg recieved his medal in a dream
From Her Majesty the queen
His boots were very clean.
Mrs. Clegg, you must be proud of him
Mrs. Clegg, another drop of gin.

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/pinkfloyd/corporalclegg.html

author by TPTpublication date Tue Apr 01, 2003 10:50author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Its good to see the prod scum being thrown up the front yet again by her Majesty.They have made good cannon fodder over the years for their beloved Union.Mind you,the're probably glad to get away from Crossmaglen for a while.

author by jeffpublication date Tue Apr 01, 2003 15:58author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The last comment was sectarian in the extreme. Enough of that, there are Prods that are punk rockers, it is not fair to include them in the equation of scum, you paedophillic taig fenian bastard-(see, see how it feels to get sectarian name calling)Anyway, these Protestants do not feel Irish, the article submitted was by some Orange bigot trying to wind up the rest of us on the island, so, this time, just for once, they call themselves Irish. Really, they are stupid, anyone who joins a modern superstate army deserves whast they get; they signed a contract! So fuck them, big eejits...

author by Gaillimhedpublication date Tue Apr 01, 2003 21:07author address author phone Report this post to the editors

Of course.....
Basra, baghdad, ..you need troops that have had training in urban guerilla warfare, manning lethal roadblocks, intimidation and murder of civilians, collusion with paramilitary organisations, etc, etc.. all in the name of Empire.

author by Andrepublication date Tue Apr 01, 2003 23:17author address author phone Report this post to the editors

I am a prod, my comment is directed at brit soldiers, not prods. Not all prods are brit soldiers, but unfortunately for many years now these loyal to the army only fukers have been welcomed unchallenged into working class prod communities. Our protestant youth are brainwashed and sucked out of their working class communities to serve in the brit army for the brit state, look at former soldier squealer Brian Nelson, loyal not, to the working class protestant community, but to his middle class brit army intelligence handlers, serving the brit Queen and his social betters loyally. Once a soldier always a soldier. You cannot serve 2 masters, the Brit establishment and state or your working class protestant community. Make the choice, we rule our areas, not the brit establishment state or its obedient slaves.

Number of comments per page
  
 
© 2001-2025 Independent Media Centre Ireland. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by Independent Media Centre Ireland. Disclaimer | Privacy