Month: May 2021

The chances of first-time buyers in the Republic being able to afford houses or apartments of their own continue to worsen and rents move eternally upwards while Government inaction ensures that no improvement is in sight. A particularly good analysis of the root

It is now a week since the Irish Health System, the Health Service Executive (HSE), was targeted by foreign criminals seeking to extort a ransom. The IT systems and computers of HSE and hospitals were hacked, and patient personal and health files taken.

‘Today, May 16, is believed to have been the day of Saint Brendan’s death and is also his feast day. St Brendan is one of the most famous Irish saints, but whether he got to America before Christopher Columbus has remained one of

A decade after the radioactive pollution levels at Dalgety Bay in Fife were identified a clean up is to take place. As Celtic League pointed out in 2011 contamination of the bay from radium contaminated aircraft instrument display dials which were incinerated a

Quite widespread support across the Celtic countries for condemnation of the continued bombing of Gaza in which as of today (May 16th) has an: ‘overall death toll in Gaza…at 188 people, including 55 children and 33 women, with 1,230 injured, according to the

While Ireland’s Foreign Minister Simon Coveney was measured in his criticism of Israel at the UN and failed to condemn the Gaza attacks as ‘war crimes’ you do have to ask if, given the disproportionate number of women and children killed in air

Another interesting article here from declassified that comments on the partition issue and asks if lessons have been learned; “On the centenary of Ireland’s partition, Northern Ireland is changing. But the lessons from its recent violent ‘dirty war’, in which British agents colluded

Last week in the House of Keys was telling. There were a number of questions which if anything illustrated the paucity of political acumen as we stare into the post Covid economic future. It was all the more surprising as by now the

The bi-annual NATO war games are currently underway around Britain and Ireland. The Exercise usually codenamed ‘Joint Warrior’ is this year termed ‘Strike Warrior and involves a combination of warships, submarines, aircraft and land forces from a range of NATO countries. A few

Scottish investigative site ‘The Ferret’ recently had this article about pollution from the Royal Navy base at Faslane on the Clyde: “The Trident nuclear base has been condemned by the Scottish Government’s green watchdog for its “poor” environmental performance after it polluted the