Saturday, 4th June was Day Five of the Irish Cablegate reports, published by the Irish Independent. (See roundups of Days Four, Three, Two and One.) Saturday’s reports did not have novel focuses, but instead chose to look on distinct aspects of topics that had previously been explored in the Independent. The IRA subject was revisited,… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
Friday 3rd June was Day 4 of the Irish Independent’s Irish Wikileaks releases. (See roundups of Days Three, Two and One.) After three days of drive-by reportage on the Irish cables, during which – with exceptions – the documents were mined for unexceptional confidential opinions of Irish policians, The Independent finally broached the story for… [Read more…]
June 3, 2011
Thursday 03 June was Day Three of the Irish Independent’s Cablegate coverage. The day’s main focus was the Irish financial crisis. The Independent also explored what is revealed about corporate Ireland in the cables. While there is a distinct sense that various of the stories are only news insofar as they reveal American attitudes to… [Read more…]
June 3, 2011
This post is a roundup of reports on the Irish Cables by the Irish Independent. For Day One, see here. In a commendable move, Day Two of the Ireland Cables has for the most part been made available on the Irish Independent’s website. This marks a turnaround on yesterday’s coverage, which was only available in… [Read more…]
June 1, 2011
Background After months during which the Irish media appeared to display little interest in the content of the State Department cables held by Wikileaks, The Irish Independent has finally initiated publication as part of a Wikileaks partnership. This is the first and hitherto only Wikileaks partnership in the Irish media. Today was Day One, and… [Read more…]
May 27, 2011
In the wake of Obama’s visit, the Irish government has abandoned its plans to discontinue U.S military stopovers in Shannon airport. The accepted narrative about President Obama’s “historic” visit to Ireland on Monday was that it was entirely symbolic, and more to do with seeking the Irish American vote in Obama’s reelection bid than with… [Read more…]
May 24, 2011
Reading around on parts of the Irish internet yesterday, during the visit of Barack Obama to Ireland, I saw a lot of exclamations in this vein: I spent the whole day watching it on TV3, fantastic stuff. I get goosepimples when I see the Americans landing here, theres something fantastically grand and epic about it… [Read more…]
May 22, 2011
I wrote to the editor of the Irish Times this morning. I have little hope that my letter will be published, and so I thought I would post the letter here too. Madam, Today the American president visits Irish soil, to a sycophantic welcome from our political class and from the general public. It would… [Read more…]
May 1, 2011
Please note: Reportage on IrishLeaks and other leaking platforms should not be read as an endorsement by WL Central – prospective leakers are urged to satisfy themselves of the trustworthiness of their intended recipients and to take precautions to ensure their own anonymity. Today marks the launch of IrishLeaks, an implementation of the Wikileaks model… [Read more…]
March 20, 2011
Bradley Manning’s inhumane treatment during his pretrial incarceration looks set to become a millstone around Obama’s neck in his dealings with other countries. Today, International Bradley Manning Support Day, marks also the announcement of a campaign to have the United States president arrested once he arrives on Irish soil, during a planned visit to the… [Read more…]
June 7, 2011
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