Tag: the north
The Brahmins and the Border: Northern Protocol Debate Nears Potential End
Anglo-Irish relations, since a fallout over Brexit, are now orienting towards a short-term solution under the governments of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Both men, of Indian ethnic stock, by engaging in discussions over a...
Éire Nua: Gaelic Corporatism’s Lost Future?
The following first appeared on Substack and is syndicated with the permission of the author. With the impending reality of the next Irish government being formed by Sinn Féin, I felt that it would be instructive to analyse some of...
Lough Erne Attack: Why is a Sinn Féin MP Backing Antifa in Court?
By any reckoning, the events of the 13th of November at the Lough Erne Resort were a blunder for more serious thinking antifascist organisers in Ireland. A freelance 30-person operation of Dublin antiracists linked up with nordie left-republicans, largely from...
Ancient Order of Hibernians Returns to Armagh
Armagh for those not familiar is a quaint town (no urban area with a population of 10,000 should be described as a city), the reported burial place of Brian Boru. The seat of the Primate of All Ireland, the county...
Belfast: Sectarianism Through Rose Tinted Glasses
Belfast, Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical movie about being a Protestant in Belfast at the outbreak of the Troubles, has been nominated for seven Academy awards, one of which will almost certainly go to British Quaker Dame Judi Dench for playing the...
Finis Britannia-Is Unionism Really in Collapse?
The banality of northern politics has been upended recently by the news of the resignation of the Unionist First Minister and what appears to almost certainly be the commencement of a snap “election”, called several months early. “At last,” some...
The Spooky Saga of Dr Bassalat
Following a grueling imprisonment at Maghaberry Jail, the Palestinian rights activist Dr Issam Hijjawi Bassalat tastes freedom for the first time in 15 months. His case is one that begs more questions than answers about the practices of British security...
Faith and Fatherland: An Interview with Gerry McGeough
The Burkean sat down recently with veteran republican activist Gerry McGeough. McGeough has been a long-time stalwart of nationalism, republicanism, and an advocate for the Faith and tradition. Gerry has written a number of books and was previously the editor...