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The New Irish

The most democratic place on the planet

Last update: Thursday, March 11, 2010, 10:50 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Students, intellectuals, hu-man rights activists or anyone interested in understanding how a participative democracy works should consider a trip to Venezuela.

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Festival fortnight ‘a great opportunity to experiment with Irish’

Last update: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 10:49 | By: Chinedu Onyejelem

A 12-day annual festival which aims to promote the use of Irish language across the world is set to start this weekend.

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Coiriúlú an Easaontais san Aontas Eorpach

Last update: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 10:48 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Nuair a bhí mé ag taisteal timpeall na Veiniséala an t-seachtain seo caite, bhuail mé le roinnt daoine ón gColóim. D’fiafraigh mé an raibh aon tacaíocht i measc na daoine sa Cholóim do mhilíste Farc, fuerzas armadas revolutionarias de Colombia.

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Viva la revolución!

Last update: Thursday, February 18, 2010, 00:09 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

This week I’m travelling in Venezuela, home to one of the most extraordinary political revolutions of our time. Since coming to power in 1999, President Hugo Chávez has transformed politics in this oil-rich country.

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Defending the tyrants

Last update: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:43 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

In this post-democratic age, any politician who defends democracy is denounced as a tyrant or dictator. Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Ahmadinejad of Iran and many others have been consistently demonised in the western press for their ‘anti-democratic’ politics. And the reason for this is simple: all three leaders defend economic policies that favour the poor over the rich.

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Uachtarán Obama: Bush le cara nua

Last update: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:42 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Le seacht bunáite mileata nua faoi thógháil i gColomóim, níos mó lastais d’airm á thraisloingiú chug Iosrael, anord agus sceimhlitheoireacht faoi lánseol san Iaráic agus an slogadh mileata meiricáneach is mó ó chogadh sa Vítneam san Afghanistáin, fuair Uachtarán na Stát Aontaithe Barack Obama an Duais Nobel san Oslo an tseachtain seo caite.

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The hand of treachery

Last update: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 16:48 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Thierry Henry’s ‘main de dieu’ has been a thorn in the side of French society since that fateful night in Paris a couple of weeks ago. As an Irishman living in France, I’ve been inundated with apologies and commiserations from French friends and colleagues. I must admit I have been quite moved by the sense of fairness and sympathy French people have expressed towards Ireland.

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Another victim of the Big Lie

Last update: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 13:43 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

One of the latest big lies spread by the corporate media concerns the trial of Radovan Karadžic. We know that the most heinous crimes against humanity were committed in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, and we also know who the perpetrators were, don’t we? Miloševic, Karadžic, Mladic and all those horrible neo-Nazi Serbs who massacred those poor Bosnian Muslims, ethnic Albanians and Catholic Croats. Who has not heard of Srebinica or the siege of Sarajevo?

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Iosrael san Aontas Eorpach? Tá ball é cheana féin dár le Javier Solana

Last update: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 13:41 | By: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Is cuid den Eoraip í Iosrael, dár Javier Solana. Bhí an t-aire eorpach um gnothaí eachtracha ag caint ar chomhdháil sa Jerusalem eagraithe ag Uachtarán na hIosraele Simon Peres. Ba ea Facing Tomorrow téama an chomhdhála agus bhí se lán de dhaoine uaisle cosúil le Baron David Meyer de Rothshild, José Maria Aznar, Tony Blair agus mar sin de. Agus cuspóir an chruinniú? Bhí siad ag iarriadh fháil amach na deiseanna a tá ann mar gheall ar an ngearchéim airgeadais domhnanda.

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Scurvy dogs - or worthy heroes?

Last update: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 09:25 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Gearóid Ó Cólmáin has some sympathy for the modern-day pirates of Somalia

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Ben Ali: an deachtóir cairdúil

Last update: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 09:25 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Nuair a bhíos ag léamh an páipéar L’Humanité an tseachtain seo caite, thugas faoi deara go raibh olltoghchán ar siúl sa Túineis. Olltoghcháin, mar dhea! Tá an déachtóir Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ina uachtarán sa tir le níos mó na fiche bliain anois agus níor chuir sé aon iontas ar mhuintir na tíre nuair a bhuaigh sé an olltoghchán arís.

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Don’t forget the tarof!

Last update: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 04:26 | © Metro Éireann

Iran might seem to be a very different place to Ireland, but as Gearóid Ó Cólmáin discovers, some things are very similar indeed...

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Cogadh buan ar son na síochána

Last update: Thursday, October 22, 2009, 04:25 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Le níos mó na fiche tíortha ag glacadh páirt ann, is cosúil go mbeímid ag cloisteáil tuairiscí ón gcogadh san Afganistáin ins na míosa agus na blianta atá amach romhainn. Anois tá forsaí speisialta na h-Éireann sa Khaboul chomh maith. Tá stádus neodrach na h-Éireann críochnaithe le fada an lá!

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Kyrgyzstan: a land of contrasts

Last update: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 15:58 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Gearóid Ó Cólmáin gets up close and personal with the former Soviet republic at the heart of Asia, strugging to survive amid political power games

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Bob Dylan as Gaeilge?

Last update: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 12:57 | © Metro Éireann

“Is tóg ar imram mé ar do long atá ar strae…” Nuair a chantar Mr Tambourine Man de chuid Bob Dylan sa Ghaeilge is é Fear an Bhodhráin é agus níl aon rud cearr leis sin.

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Moscow’s underground palaces

Last update: Thursday, August 27, 2009, 12:56 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

It is one of the wonders of the modern world, and more than 7 million people use it every day, yet it draws few visitors from abroad. Built in 1935 by the Soviet government, the Moscow Metro is more than just a public transport system – it is arguably one of the most ambitious and spectacular infrastructural projects ever undertaken.

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The truth about Tibet

Last update: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 01:53 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Think that the ‘Free Tibet’ campaign is a noble cause? Think again, says columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin

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Africa’s Hitler?

Last update: Thursday, August 6, 2009, 17:30 | By: Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Robert Mugabe has left an appalling legacy in Africa. But he’s not the only one. So why is the Zimbabwean leader demonised by the west as a dictator beyond all others, asks Gearóid Ó Colmáin

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