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guestposter - 08:25 Sun Jan 04, 2026 All examples welcome. A quiet week so perhaps time to consider some contributions from 2025. Finn McRedmond was an early contender in January with this: ?Ireland no longer holds a central position of influence in the European Union?? Take, for example, soon-to-be-outgoing president Michael D Higgins. During his presidency, Justine McCarthy wrote last week, he … Continue reading "Sunday and other stupid statements from this week and 2025"
WorldbyStorm - 10:33 Sat Jan 03, 2026 This from state papers this last week is fascinating: New files released to the National Archives of Ireland under the 30-year rule show that in early 1995, the government was contacted by US officials to request the use of the west of Ireland travel hub Shannon as an emergency landing location for a space shuttle. … Continue reading "The Space Shuttle and Shannon"
WorldbyStorm - 10:10 Sat Jan 03, 2026 Reading this during the week – a piece on the number of earthquakes in the UK this year – 309 as it happens, the following sparked a memory: The BGS use a network of 80 monitoring stations around the UK to record seismic activity. Baptie said it was no surprise that Perth and Kinross topped … Continue reading "Speaking of earthquakes"
WorldbyStorm - 06:37 Sat Jan 03, 2026 17 years since This Weekend I’ll Mostly Be Listening to started. 17 long years. And it only appeared two years after the CLR itself – which is 20 years old this new year. Anyhow, so many groups in that time – myself and Alan Kinsella/Irish Election Literature have been sharing the duties on a fortnightly … Continue reading "This Weekend I’ll Mostly be Listening to…Music Across 2025"
Aonrud ? - 11:08 Fri Jan 02, 2026 This episode is a round up of the Irish Left Archive project in 2025 and answers to some listener questions. Thanks as always to everyone who has supported and engaged with the archive by sending documents, speaking on the podcast, emailing, commenting, and using the site. Thanks also to the editorial team of Saothar, the … Continue reading "ILA Podcast #68: 2025 Round Up"
guestposter - 10:46 Fri Jan 02, 2026 It’s been a long year, 2025, and it’s a long time since Gewerkschaftler suggested: ?I suggest this blog should have a regular (weekly) slot where people can post happenings at the personal or political level that gives them hope that we?re perhaps not going to hell in a handbasket as quickly as we thought. Or … Continue reading "Signs of Hope ? New Year Edition"
WorldbyStorm - 09:57 Fri Jan 02, 2026 Bulgaria has became the 21st country to switch to the euro, a milestone met with both cheers and fears, nearly 20 years after the Balkan nation joined the European Union. At midnight local time, Bulgaria gave up the lev, in use since the late 19th century, and Bulgarian euro coins were projected onto the central … Continue reading "And then there were 21" |