Monthly Archives: February 2012

ANOTHER DAY / BERRY PAPERS / MORE ON ‘INKGATE’ .

Posted on February 29, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. They could not even let on not to know the road they took , for the British spared them no humiliation on that : ‘Steps shall … Continue reading →

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INKGATE / TONERGATE / Ó SNODAIGH-GATE…….

Posted on February 28, 2012 by 11sixtynine

TONERGATE / INKGATE…. …TO THIS BLOG : Two of our many readers in the Ballyfermot area of Dublin , where Provisional Sinn Féin’s Aengus ‘CartridgeWorld’ Ó Snodaigh rules the roost , have approached me with undeniable pictorial proof of , … Continue reading →

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FILM OSCAR – A LOST OPPORTUNITY.

Posted on February 27, 2012 by 11sixtynine

“AND THE LOSER IS……REALITY !! “Our little film was inspired by the people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 30 years of war, sat down, negotiated a peace and proved to the world that the Irish are great … Continue reading →

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ANTI-HOUSEHOLD TAX PROTEST , CLONDALKIN , DUBLIN , SATURDAY 25th FEBRUARY 2012.

Posted on February 25, 2012 by 11sixtynine

RSF ON THE ANTI-HOUSEHOLD TAX PROTEST, CLONDALKIN , DUBLIN , SATURDAY 25th FEBRUARY 2012…. …a protest against the recently-implemented State Household Tax was held today (Saturday 25th February 2012) in Clondalkin Village , Dublin : members of the local Máire … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER DAY / BERRY PAPERS / BRIAN MÓR / CAPTAIN MAC.

Posted on February 22, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. For a little while on the morning of the attack on IRA Headquarters , Four Courts , Dublin , 28th June 1922 , Liam Mellows and … Continue reading →

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NIALL AND OWEN TALK SHOP , AND JIM WANTS IN : EARL GREY WITH THE ‘RIGHT HONOURABLE….’

Posted on February 19, 2012 by 11sixtynine

Jim McVeigh , PSF poacher turned gamekeeper….. “Talk of Socialism, collectivism etc is all nonsense, people running around waving red flags is an embarrassment….” – the words of Provisional Sinn Féin leader , head of the Provisional Sinn Féin Trade … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER DAY / BERRY PAPERS / ON THIS DAY / CLONMULT MASSACRE.

Posted on February 15, 2012 by 11sixtynine

‘THERE WILL BE ANOTHER DAY…..’ By Peadar O’Donnell ; first published in January 1963. It was a near thing that the agitation did not burn itself out within the few townlands committed to it before other districts became involved. It … Continue reading →

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DUBLIN RSF EASTER COMMEMORATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR APRIL 2012.

Posted on February 14, 2012 by 11sixtynine

DUBLIN RSF EASTER COMMEMORATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR APRIL 2012 : “Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? That is Heaven’s part, our part To murmur name upon name, As a mother names … Continue reading →

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RAFFLE…..AND REVENUE !

Posted on February 12, 2012 by 11sixtynine

RAFFLE…. The monthly raffle that was held in a friendly hotel today was , as expected, a roaring (!) success , with all available tickets sold-out within the first twenty minutes of our arrival on the premises : Pat , … Continue reading →

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GREEK POLICE TO ARREST EU/IMF OFFICIALS ?

Posted on February 10, 2012 by 11sixtynine

WANTED….. “….FOR A SERIES OF LEGAL VIOLATIONS SUCH AS BLACKMAIL,COVERTLY ABOLISHING OR ERODING DEMOCRACY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY….” Greece’s largest police union has threatened to issue arrest warrants for officials from the European Union and International Monetary Fund – “Since you … Continue reading →

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