Irish Eagle
Friday, July 29, 2005

Okay, not a Muslim

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Jean Charles de Menezes was not a Muslim as the Washington Times reported on Sunday . Today's Miami Herald has an AP story indicating...

"Why do they hate us? "

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Canadians are beginning to do some soul-searching. I only wish this letter to the National Post was available in full. As it is, the one pa...

Hans Island heats up

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Things are still tense between Denmark & Canada over the future of Hans Island (still can't find a map showing exactly where this is...

That's what I get

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Okay, I get the message. Last week I taunted the rain gods , which is always a mistake in Ireland. I am chastened. Now I'm ankle deep an...
Thursday, July 28, 2005

N. Ireland

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If you want the background to what's happening today, go to the Newshound . If you want a blog with discussion, Slugger O'Toole is ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Names of restaurants

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Need a place to dine in Dublin, how about a place that honors this man: An inhuman dictator who cared nothing for the ideology on which the...

Clarkson

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If there's one person who should NOT take part in the debate on multiculturalism in Britain, it's Jeremy Clarkson. I've never qu...

Culture & Race

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As I mentioned below, the debate on multiculturalism is so broad that it seems to mean almost anything to anyone. However, I've heard a ...

Multiculturalism

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There has been so much written and said (here as well as in Britain) about 'multiculturalism' since the bombings on July 7. Some peo...
Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Eircom broadband

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I spent about an hour helping a neighbor who recently got broadband from Eircom . Once my neighbors had signed up, Eircom sent them a router...

The Pope and terrorism in Israel

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During the Pope's Angelus prayer on Sunday he specifically referred to "abhorrent terrorist attacks" in Egypt, Iraq, Turkey ...
Monday, July 25, 2005

Churchill on Muslims

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I've read this post by Mark twice. It's really interesting to read what Winston Churchill had to say about Muslims in 1899. I suspe...

Be like Ireland

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Now it's California that has to be more like Ireland. A few weeks ago it was Tom Friedman urging France & Germany to be more like I...

Brazilian-born Muslim

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It doesn't much matter, however it might explain things a bit better if the UPI's report – carried in the Washington Times yesterda...
Sunday, July 24, 2005

Flippant

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I'm generally a fan of The Corner , National Review's blog. However, today I think too many people are being too flippant about the...

Wimps

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When I watch European soccer I don't usually root for anyone. I have no favorite team, so I just watch with little emotional involvement...
Saturday, July 23, 2005

It's been a while

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It had been so long that I barely recognized it. Took me a few minutes to put a word on what I was seeing, but then it came to me: rain. Yes...
Friday, July 22, 2005

Knocklong retreat

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In the summer of 1985 I spent a few days in Knocklong, Co. Limerick. Small town Irish life at its best. Great pub conversations with old far...
Thursday, July 21, 2005

Day trippers

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From today's Irish Independent : TWO thousand Irish people went on day trips to the US in the first three months of this year, and the h...

"Lucky escape"

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Those are the words I just heard on SKY news after a series of attempted bombings on London's Underground and bus system apparently fai...
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