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national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 07, 2006 - 12:28 by Bernadette
They say that She would never be forgotten, that young fifteen year old girl who died at the foot of a Marian Grotto in Granard, twenty six years ago. Ann Lovett was found dead beside the body of her new-born child twenty six years ago. She was fifteen. I keep thinking that if the Statue she had chosen to meet her death beside had been painted, or friendly, or had a rounded stomach, a vestige of humanity then maybe that little girl would not have died. She went to the lonliest place she could find, not for aid, but because she knew that no-one went there and she knew she would be safe from prying eyes and intrusion. The case haunted me at the time because we were of an age. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 06, 2006 - 01:08 by Seamus Kilby
The Sindonistas have swapped one form of tribalism for another. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Monday June 05, 2006 - 00:08 by Harry Wells
 17 comments (last - wednesday june 21, 2006 - 01:20)  6 images
The Sunday Independent today exposes The Sun and Daily Mail’s cynical hypocrisy in giving their two audiences in Ireland and Britain totally opposite messages with regard to Ken Loach’s prize-winning film ‘The Wind that Shakes the Barley’. The film depicts the brutal nature of Britain’s war against Irish Independence between 1919-21 and the subsequent Civil War conflict. In Britain The Sun boldly states Loach's film to be “the most pro IRA ever” and the Daily Mail asks “Why does” the “Marxist” film’s director Ken Loach “loath his country so much”. In the ‘Irish’ editions of these British tabloids, on the other hand, the film is an “Irish success” story. The Sunday Independent wants to associate with the national "success" and to denounce its rivals' imperial "sneer" at the same time. However, the Sunday Independent simultaneously exposes its own schizophrenia while doing so. It manages to deliver exactly the same conflicting messages in the one newspaper, the story of Irish success and also a “sneer” at this success. How so? Read on. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Sunday June 04, 2006 - 20:19 by iosaf mac diarmada
4 comments (last - monday june 05, 2006 - 21:45)
It has been long observed that people for some reason on their non-banking days readily absorb shite about Dangerous Places, Famous People, Sensible Saving Options, Holidays, Interesting facts, Sport results, Media, gardening and health as well looking ahead at “democratic evolution” and looking back at "how history was made". Very special & very short edition this one, if you're reading this in Ireland or are one of the Irish Diasporia - Congratulations! You are now one of the Establishment, in the period from the 23rd of May to the 2nd of June all the Irish people joined ranks & played their part to be the Regime. We are all Brainy. I am thus giving you all tips today - so you can go on being "Brainy". ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Sunday June 04, 2006 - 13:56 by Ulrich
12 comments (last - monday june 12, 2006 - 20:44)
I went to see this move yesterday expecting a special effects laden epic and disgusting American jingoism and was violently slapped in the face and kicked in the guts for my complacency. Instead I experienced a film such raw realism showing the utterly horrifying depravity of the hijackers such as Siad Jarrah, their utter contempt for human life especially the passengers of United 93 and their revolting sociopathic Islamic fundementalism. The moving protrayl of how ordinary people such as Todd Beamer, Jeremy Glick, Mark Bingham, air hostess Sandy Bradshaw and others threw themselves upon the terrorists and saved hundreds perhaps thousands of other human beings from indiscriminate slaughter. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 04, 2006 - 12:41 by Bob
5 comments (last - thursday june 14, 2007 - 10:59)
How do most people classify sexual perversion? And how justified are we in our attitudes toward sex? The controversy over the age of consent in Irish courts should be framed with in an honest examination of our general attitude. I will consider a wide range of different relationships: ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 03, 2006 - 14:20 by Sean Crudden
6 comments (last - monday july 17, 2006 - 19:13) 1 image
Is a cosy consensus the same thing as the rule of law? How are politicians or judges prevented from mucking about with the law, introducing bad law, administering the law in a partial or unfair way? Does the system require more checks and balances? Is obscurity and obfuscation the order of the day? Are we taking the modh direach to a lawless and capricious Alice-In-Wonderland world? ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Saturday June 03, 2006 - 00:14 by DF
2 comments (last - saturday june 03, 2006 - 21:41)
Yet again, the mainstream media gives a distorting image of Latin America's shift to the Left. But looking closely at the distortions shows what the real agenda is. ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Friday June 02, 2006 - 18:33 by Donnchadh
27 comments (last - sunday may 27, 2007 - 23:52)
How Irish revisionism follows what French psychoanalyst and intellectual Jacques Lacan describes as the "Discourse of the University." ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 02, 2006 - 01:57 by jim travers
The call for somebodys head to fall has always been the response of people to a national concern which seems to provide us with the satisfaction that we have rid ourselves of the cancer that caused the problem in the first place. Is it time as a nation we grew up and realised that we as the electorate are the ones responsible for the problems in society we see today? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 01, 2006 - 18:02 by redjade
5 comments (last - friday june 02, 2006 - 06:05) 6 images
The Pentagon pulls an Orwellian phrase out of its arse but its all just more CYA ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues Wednesday May 31, 2006 - 10:06 by Sebastian Koch
1 comment (last - wednesday december 06, 2006 - 20:12)
Radio-feature examining foreign national intergration in Dublins North Inner City. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Wednesday May 31, 2006 - 00:28 by Rt. Hon. Dr. O as if
4 comments (last - tuesday october 31, 2006 - 17:19) 2 images
As we all had better know by now, a child rapist known as "Mr A". was released from custody this afternoon as a result of a Supreme Court Judgement made last week which ruled that the Statutory Rape Act of 1935 is unconstitutional. At 38 years of age he plied a 12 year old with alcohol and received a 3 year sentance which would have been served in its entirety later this year. Against that backdrop, the worst minister for Justice this state has ever endured, presented to the cabinet his proposals for new legislation on the age of consent and sexual offences relating to the underage, teenagers & mature persons. I really think the reader would do well to consider this news, and concern themselves with the issues which have emerged. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 22:19 by Chris Murray
1 comment (last - thursday june 01, 2006 - 09:35)
The publication of the Arts act 2003, by ex Minister for justice , Equality and Law reform , Mr John O Donoghue TD only received passing comment by corporate media at the time. The Irish Times referred to the Act in Terms of Dilution of the independence of the Arts Council by the new act which for the first time since the foundation of the State allowed a Minister or the Government to set the agenda for artistic expression in the State. The full act is available at this Link: http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/acts/2003/a2...3.pdf or you can google Arts acts 2003. In sections here printed; (functions of the Council). "(Shall) Assist the Minister in the performance of his or her functions under the act and in the implementation of Government policies and objectives in relation to the Arts. When so requested by the Minister" ... read full story / add a comment
offaly / history and heritage Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 17:03 by Pat Muldowney
74 comments (last - friday june 19, 2009 - 19:58) 2 images
Alan Stanley’s book describes the death of the Pearson brothers using a variety of sources: (1) The contemporary (July 7 1921) account in the Unionist newspaper “The King’s County Chronicle, Parsonstown” (King’s County and Parsonstown are, respectively, Co. Offaly and Birr) which quotes their sister Matilda Pearson on her brothers’ death and the burning of their house; (2) A 1983 description by a surviving Pearson brother David Pearson in Australia; (3) A summary of descriptions of those events by William Stanley who was with the Pearson brothers when they were arrested and who subsequently lived in Carlow until his death in 1981; (4) A number of comments gathered by Alan Stanley, mostly from Protestant neighbours and relatives of the Pearsons after 1981, and principally from Tom Mitchell of Kinnitty near Coolacrease. The page numbers refer to the edition of Stanley's book published July 2005. ... read full story / add a comment
leitrim / history and heritage Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 13:13 by woman
9 comments (last - sunday march 30, 2008 - 16:46)
Historic movies about ireland seem to always make it big on the big screen but at what costs? Whose authorisation is required ? What about the famine? The mass grave where 5000 poor of the district were buried near my house is also a story to tell! Why can't a fim maker make a movie about the great famine? So that Irish Americans can see what their forefathers lived through before emigrating to the USA. This is a story that needs to be told! From the fact that the people were to starve, food supplies they needed withdrawn from them, workhouses, emigration aboard coffun ships etc. The world needs to know!!! ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 04:05 by Geof Bard
6 comments (last - thursday june 01, 2006 - 12:26)
American fiddle player Geof Bard, a generalist known to appear at an occasional Irish sessions on the US west coast, occasionally attacks a guitar, and has been blasting Blair on the airwaves with his fiddle and this adaptation of WIJ, a tune which is occasionally, erroneously known in the states as "Killkenny Mountain". Wildly popular with Americans, the tune lends itself well to satire. Use at will. First publication worldwide. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Tuesday May 30, 2006 - 00:37 by the planter's daughter
9 comments (last - saturday may 26, 2007 - 16:47) 9 images
I am very concerned that too much attention is being given in Irish publick life and general discourse to small & confined groups of people. One lot use letters, Mr A., witness B., chid C., Fr D., ex-Fr E., on holidays now still Fr F., not yet heard victim G., not yet other heard victim H., seen on TV but not let in give testinomy victims I through to U, recently deceased person V, poor little case X,............. need I go on? Oh yes. Then there's the Government & the news casters / readers / journalists, & the courts, & the really holy clergy, and Bono, who seem to get all the attention. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday May 29, 2006 - 11:06 by W.Finnerty
47 comments (last - saturday may 07, 2022 - 14:48) 1 image
For future reference purposes, a copy of the e-mail to several well known leaders reproduced below has now been placed at the following address: http://www.europeancourtofhumanrightswilliamfinnerty.co...l.htm Some may be interested to know that the version at the above address shows Yahoo message identification and tracking information. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday May 29, 2006 - 07:30 by alyn ap gruffydd
Veteran English Radical Film Director Ken Loach`s Film "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" gives a new historical interpretation to the Irish Civil War and Engliah Imperialism. Scottish Scriptwriter Paul Laverty is no less radical, this 8` radio interview treats the political messages in the film and offers a critique of modern day Ireland since it became the neo liberal Celtic Tiger. Music by Dead Can`t Dance and Dick Gaughan ... read full story / add a comment |
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