The Lá web site has been offline 9 times out of the 10 that i’ve visited it in the past month. Is it man-power? Funding? Should we blame Hermon and Laird? Speaking of irish language sites. I haven’t visited Blas in a while. I’d recommend (for Irish learners) checking out Giota Beag agus Giota Beag [...]

Mary McAleese has cancelled her plans to visit loyalist Shankill Road this week. Unsurprising really considering the reaction to her comments at the Auschwitz commemoration in Poland. Some Unionists may have accepted her apology but her comments cut pretty deep and the wound may never fully heal. In the case of people such as Paisley [...]

…in Catholic Ireland. The body of newborn baby was discovered in a shallow grave in Ballina yesterday afternoon. Hardly the first time such a thing has happened but completely unacceptable that it should happen in this day and age. Why is it that drives young mothers to such lengths? Outdated narrow-minded Catholic attitudes?