The eXile on the sad history of neo-liberalism in Ireland

[Small Geezer]

http://thestandard.org.nz/lets-not-repeat-irelands-mistakes/

[Red Commissar]

Link doesn't seem to be working. And it goes to a different site other than the exile.

[Andropov]

What is this horsehit??

Anyway, then the revolts came. The big dates that you’ll be swigging to this Paddy’s Day: 1916, 1921 – 1923. They were okay. Well, to be fair 1916 was great; a bunch of poets, nationalists and an admirable Scottish Marxist called James Connolly basically signed a suicide pact and took over the GPO, one of Dublin’s main strategic buildings. Then the British came in and absolutely crushed them – oh well.

Once the dreamers and the fools were out of the way a heavy and ignorant nationalism set in that can still be felt today. When the Civil War ended in 1923 no one really cared about anything except Catholicism and the tri-colour – well a few did, but they were just ignored.For the next 60 or so years nothing really happened. The Church banned a few films; a load of people went to Latin mass and the new ruling-class that had taken power after the Civil War tried at some rather feeble attempts to industrialise the country. Pretty boring stuff – oh, well there was the troubles, but they’re a bit of a fetish; if you want a discussion of them do a Google search, you’ll get plenty.
This is not just riddled with embaressing innacuracies it is insulting in many regaurds, utter horseshit.

[ComradeOm]

This is not just riddled with embaressing innacuracies it is insulting in many regaurds, utter horseshit.The eXile is not noted for its insightful or nuanced or accurate journalism. Its a decent read (or at least used to be) if you want some gonzo journalism detailing the seedy underbelly of modern Russia (along the lines of, "hur, hur, I slept with a whore") but that's about all

[Dean]

The eXile is not noted for its insightful or nuanced or accurate journalism. Its a decent read (or at least used to be) if you want some gonzo journalism detailing the seedy underbelly of modern Russia (along the lines of, "hur, hur, I slept with a whore") but that's about all
That's not the exile. This is the exile:

http://exiledonline.com/

[ComradeOm]

That's not the exile. This is the exile:

http://exiledonline.com/The link in the OP in turn links to this (http://exiledonline.com/special-st-patricks-day-economic-meltdown-report-portrait-of-a-celtic-tiger-as-a-kangaroo-rat/). Its the eXile