Profile for socaire
Born in Ireland and inhabiting the mythical Republic. Completely opposed to Free staterism, Unionism, West Brits, gombeens and seáininí. Of Druidic persuasion, incredibly witty and incisive and modest.
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The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
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“Unionism Decayed 1997-2007″ by David Vance: book review
I initially wrote this when the book was first published three years ago; whilst certain elements of it now sound dated, its basic premise that the period of 1997-2007 was a period of irreversible decay for Northern Irish Unionism can still be argued as a valid opinion. My own feeling is that it did indeed [...] read our review »
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Comment on The Hain contempt case: a warning to England from Northern Ireland
on 20 May 2012 at 1:05 am
Brits out?
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Comment on “UK courts cannot force the handing over of journalistic material to foreign organizations…”
on 9 May 2012 at 11:37 pm
They don’t seem to have any problem in handing over people or with extraordinary rendition, do they?
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Comment on “Police will consider the comments made by Judge Weir…”
on 6 May 2012 at 2:23 am
Remind me again what percentage of the PSNI are ex RUC?
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Comment on The citizenship test: Protestants as well as Catholics in favour of fee waiver?
on 2 May 2012 at 6:28 pm
Could any of you bar-room lawyers confirm that you cannot hold (legally) two passports at the same time? I think it says on the Irish form that if you hold another passport it should be surrendered at the time of application. Anyway, I hold an Irish passport because I was born in Ireland – what about you Britishers?
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Comment on Snap, Craickle and Pop: The Controversy of Popular Gaelicisation
on 2 May 2012 at 6:10 pm
Not ‘gurn’ but ‘girn’ from Irish gearan to whinge, complain. Shanty from sean tí – old house? Kern, wood kern from Irish ceathairn – foot soldier?
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Comment on The End of the Northern Ireland Model of Peace Processing?
on 30 April 2012 at 12:15 pm
I think it is reasonable to assume that neither the Scots nor the Welsh have any imperialist plans for this country so it is fair to say that our colonial interference comes from the English. If and when the English remove their tentacles from this country we can look at ‘republican’ violence from an objective standpoint and then we can use words like ‘pointless’, ‘sectarian’ srl.,srl. But until then we can hardly be expected to undergo self castration to prove we are opposed to rape.
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Comment on Derrytresk GAC call off police road safety event under local public pressure…
on 28 April 2012 at 6:57 pm
Nevin@ 10.52am. You are aware that the local Coalisland GAA team is called Na Fianna, aren’t you? Also you all do realise that Coalisland is not Derrytresk?
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Comment on “They seek to intimidate and bully through the threat of violence…”
on 28 April 2012 at 5:26 pm
I remember in the late 90′s when our estate in a fairly rural area was tortured by these hoods. The ‘normal’ residents called the police and the police duly arrived to tell the residents that any violence from the residents would result in residents being charged. The hoods laughed at the police and carried on. A call on the local provos resulted in parents and hoods being threatened with violence if necessary and anti-social behaviour stopped. Did the residents learn a lesson from this? You betcha! Now the drug problem. A large element of the middle class here are ambivalent to drug use. Sure it’s not that bad. An odd sniff. Do no harm. If you are attacked by a large dog, you don’t start by pulling a hair out of it’s tail. You go for the head. Dealers are to blame. Period.
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Comment on Father Brian D’arcy told to submit copy to Church censor…
on 26 April 2012 at 10:22 pm
How about the old adage – if you don’t like the rules, srl., srl. I find it hard to admire people who rebel from the inside but haven’t the guts to walk.
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Comment on Sinn Fein cut quotes from three Economists who believe “there is little to be gained from rejecting the Treaty…”
on 25 April 2012 at 11:40 pm
As was said on Joe’s Show on RTÉ today, they can afford to pay off the bankers but they can’t afford to pay for cancer drugs.It’s laughable! If we don’t ‘honour’ our ‘debts’ to the European gamblers then we won’t be able to borrow any more money. What a way to run a country!
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