Monthly Archives: April 2018

ENGLAND’S ‘HERO’ ? OR A FIVE-YEAR PLAGUE…

ON THIS DATE (25TH APRIL) 337 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF AN IRISH ‘RAPPAREE’. ‘..beaten down by disease and poverty , some natives tended to ‘doff their cap’ to the denizens of the Castles, and stare in awe as they … Continue reading

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RTE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES (UNASHAMEDLY) THAT THERE ARE 32 COUNTIES IN IRELAND!

ON THIS DATE (18TH APRIL) 69 YEARS AGO – UP THE REPUBLIC.. ..UP THE YARD, THAT IS! Not that this (or this) couldn’t happen in a proper ‘Republic’, just that instances like that happen here, in this failed ‘Republic’, as … Continue reading

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‘HOW DARE YOU CHALLENGE MICHAEL COLLINS..’

20 YEARS ‘CELEBRATION’ OF A FALSE DAWN. ’20 years later and inevitable failure of GFA has come to pass. 02 April, 2018 13:57 With the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) certain questions have to be asked. What … Continue reading

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20TH ANNIVERSARY OF YET ANOTHER FAILED TREATY.

SPOOF, SPIN, IGNORANCE, MISDIRECTION, SMOKE AND MIRRORS. There’s an unprecedented amount of spin and misdirection in the last week or so in connection with the 20th anniversary of the signing of the 1998 Stormont Treaty (‘Good Friday Agreement’), and more … Continue reading

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