While Irish rebels were setting up shop in Dublin’s GPO in 1916, American John D. Rockefeller saw his oil monopoly grow to make him the first billionaire in history. One billion dollars in 1916 would be worth close to thirty billion today when adjusted for inflation. The average Irish worker’s weekly earnings increased 3.1% to more than €1,011 in the last three months of … [Read more...] about The billion-dollar question: Can there ever be an ethical billionaire?
Use your cúpla focail: Irish for the everyday, and what they forgot to teach you in school
Le Finn Brady The Irish language is undergoing a moment of cultural revolution. Alongside this comes a greater appreciation for our language and culture, as well as a new desire among many to put their cúpla focail to use. Many people are terrified by Irish, especially the prospect of using it independently, on your own, in the wild. The reality is, however, that if … [Read more...] about Use your cúpla focail: Irish for the everyday, and what they forgot to teach you in school
To speak or not to Speak – Is Beatha Teanga í a Labhairt
Le Finn Brady Swear Words, Insults & Creative Abuse (Use With Caution) Irish likes to be specific. Irish has dozens of words for the single word of ‘boat’ in English (like Bád, Long, Currach, Cábán báid, Sean-bád, Báidín, Lónadán, Luanadán and more), and even more for fields, all of which have very specific meanings. That’s why, of course, Irish has several, … [Read more...] about To speak or not to Speak – Is Beatha Teanga í a Labhairt
From the Nazi in Teelin to the American on Twitter: Fake Irishness and the far-right propaganda pipeline
Last week, X (formerly known as Twitter) rolled out a new feature which allowed users to see which country an account is based in, in an effort by Elon Musk to make his waning social media platform more open and transparent. This led to a flurry of users checking major profiles on the site, most political, and discovering a shockingly large number were based in countries far … [Read more...] about From the Nazi in Teelin to the American on Twitter: Fake Irishness and the far-right propaganda pipeline