...and we're back (-'ish'!).
We're finishing up, and recovering from, the past few weeks of family madness - the three of us who publish this blog had a right mixture of different events, ranging from Christenings (3), funerals (2), 21st birthday parties (2) and two or three other gigs which ya would have to be over 21 to hear about...!
And then there was my other family - the Girl Gang - who, in between all the above craziness, had our own 'business' to attend to as well (...but even if ya are over 21, yis are still not gonna hear about that!).
Anyway - we'll be back here on Wednesday, 24th May 2023 with, among other pieces (in a 7-part post), the following -
The zeal of an Irish republican turncoat - a republican gamekeeper-turned-Free State-poacher - who shocked even his own people with the political spin he performed...
How this State protects itself - 'The complainants have been told informally that they will not be informed of the verdict or given information concerning the case but the person they have complained about will receive a copy of the report...'
From the 1940's - this US Diplomat contacted a colleague in the Free State political 'Establishment' to insist that State ('official') opposition (!) to taking part in 'foreign wars' was objectionable to him and his administration in Washington, as was the State policy of (so-called) 'neutrality'...
From 100 years ago - 'The Republican Movement continued its struggle against the British military and political presence in Ireland and found itself having to do battle, too, with another enemy who, in their attempts to present the Free State as 'a normal society', were just as vicious in their attempts to destroy the Republic...'
From 1955 - 'Goodwill' from Westminster : 'Timeo Danaos et Dona Ferentes...'
102 years after it was first 'trialed', that British entity in Ireland is still there, still funded by Westminster and, as 'he who pays the piper calls the tune', still doing the bidding of the British political establishment...
Check back with us on Wednesday, 24th May 2023 for all the above and more, 'cause something else might catch our attention between this and then!
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - see ye on Wednesday the 24th May, 2023!
Sharon and the team.
