Amnesty International speaks out.

Liam Hogan chronicles the story as it unfolds. (h/t @bmagnanti)

Lest we forget.

This was known in 1946.

Is this only the start?

My old friend @steveddaunt on the latest horrors.

Asking him to conjugate it is cruel and unusual punishment...

The stupid, it burns!

@jasonomahony thinks they might; I am not so sure myself.

Good question, not really answered.

Favourite childhood memory: being inside with the rain *outside*.

@ianjamesparsley asks the sensible but hard questions.

Reposting my definitive list.

Enda for Brussels?

Some of these may be satirical.

..and all 11 @Labour senators say they will vote against their 2011 manifesto commitment.

...shared by Republicans.

GRRM locations in Norn Iron!

Hooray!

@jasonomahony again, on getting rid of the Irish Senate - completely right.

A pleasing fairy tale by @jasonomahony.

"The Irish government is finally getting round to drafting a new law on abortion. The law will only cover cases where the mother's life is in danger without an abortion. Even so, the Catholic Church in Ireland is opposing the legislation. How fixated do you have to be to oppose an abortion where the mother (and of course, the baby), will…

A fantastic archive - Ireland in the wake of Cromwell.

Free ebook about Irish history (until 31 March)!

Maria on the Magdalenes.

Jason on parliamentary minorities.

Afghanistan, Britain and Ireland in the 19th century.

My grandfather began school at a time when trust was defined by physical locality, and often marked by the boundary of the parish. In the spring of 1879, aged seven, he was part of the first generation of Irish kids to attend national school in Fanad, Co Donegal. It was his first lengthy engagement with the English language; and it’s likely that t…

My Jan 2011 praise for @Labour's abandoned policy.