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Watched The Silent Civil War there (yes Sparks, they're all on RTE) and they had the ubiquitous Gender Studies person on saying how horrific the Civil War was for women. Now there's no doubt women suffered but they seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time on the one case of gang rape...

Not my fault if you're a bit dense Sir.

There's no point posting a link because RTE's Player is a heap of shit that never works.

Michael Portillo has once again hit it out of the park. As well as his train trips across Ireland, in recent years he's done Docu's on the Easter Rising, a two-part on the Anglo-Irish war and one on partition. Now he's done one on the Civil War and Britain's role in it. His stuff is top notch...

Ireland 100 years on. Michael Collins would be entering the Rose of Tralee.

My Da was a Co Cavan Protestant and staunch Fine Gaeler. My Ma wasn't political a'tall. I remember him saying that most of his wee Prod community didn't even bother voting after the Free State was created but they eventually realised that Fine Gael was better the divil you know.

On this day 100 years ago Michael Collins, Commander in Chief of the Free State Army, was killed in ambush at Béal na Bláth in County Cork. Michael Collins had been the main driving force within the IRA that had helped to fight the War of Independence against the British Crown Forces in...