Irish identity — Primal Sneeze

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See the tree, how big it’s gone

November 8, 2007 – 6:18 am

A tale of two hedges continues.
They were cut, front and back, despite my protestations, a couple of weeks ago. They look so bare and pitiable, like Britney, it brings a tear to my eye.
What couldn’t be cut was two large tress. One is an ash and will look great, if a bit lonely, given time. [...]

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Leave me alone! I’m a big ape now.

October 18, 2007 – 8:45 am

We had the great eircom share sell off not so long ago. What I remember most was the incessant propaganda from every angle all but telling us how stupid we would be if we didn’t buy. Leinster House told us how we would become stakeholders in the state’s greatest corporation. (Well they wanted to offload [...]

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The Irish Independent doesn’t measure up

September 13, 2007 – 8:30 am

All the media carried news of the EU’s decision to abandon plans to finally end the use of imperial measurements. It was lauded as a victory for the so called Metric Martyrs in the UK. (Surely that should be Imperial Martyrs as that is their cause not the metric system. Who ever heard of Roman [...]

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The nameless ones

September 7, 2007 – 10:30 am

MacKozer has been writing about racism lately. In his latest piece he recounts the story of a Polish man in the UK found guilty of rape and murder despite evidence to the contrary. (The John Cornwell reference in the article can be found here). Prior to this, he wrote about the growing number of homeless [...]

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Nicknames

August 26, 2007 – 7:40 am

In the town where I was born, bred and buttered, you were nobody unless you had a nickname. Lack of a nickname meant you didn’t stand out from the crowd in any way. Nicknames derived from your job, your hobby, your appearance, your family background, something totally stupid you did at some stage, an infirmity. [...]

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In Britain they …

August 24, 2007 – 7:30 am

Now some crowd called the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association (MPSA) in London have gotten into the should Gardaí be permitted wear turbans debate. They say the uniform policy was 40 years behind the United Kingdom and accused the Gardaí of racial discrimination.
Well lads, do you know what you can do? You just go fuck off! [...]