Direct Democracy Ireland is a new political service whose aim is to restore the provisions of direct democracy to the people of Ireland. What does that mean? Well, by giving the people the power to call a referendum (a power that was in the Free State Constitution) and the power to ‘recall’ elected delegates who don’t [...]

  For any reform to be permanent and enduring, it must be based on and rooted in the principles of the aboriginal institutions.[1] People have lived according to tribal customary law since time immemorial. The statutory system of legislation enforced by a central authority is a relatively new creation and a legacy of colonialism.[2] Such [...]

“…the text in the national language shall prevail.” Expert in the Irish language, Micheál O’Cearúil’s: “Bunreacht na hÉireann: A Study of the Irish Text”; produced on behalf of the All Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution with foreword by Brian Lenihan T.D and then chairman of the Committee, sets out to remedy perceived deviations between [...]

Introduction Copyright law is a hot topic these days as it is used as a means to censor the internet, but where did it all begin? It is a little known fact that the history of copyright law begins with the Brehon Laws of Ancient Ireland over 1000 years before it appeared in English legislation. [...]

As usual, Mark Twain was right. “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to reflect.”    Now don’t get the impression that Mr Twain is saying you should be the kind of full-up twat who goes around starting arguments for the sake of it. That’s just childish. He was talking [...]

It’s a royal irony that if Brussels somehow found a way to impose political union on the people of Europe, anti-EU iconoclast and UKIP leader Nigel Farage would be its most popular candidate. His speeches regularly become YouTube hits. Widely scorned by [...]

Introduction Ancient Ireland was home to one of the most forward-thinking systems of law of its time and possibly even today. There were no prisons, no police force and no government enforcement. The laws carried force by virtue of their morality and by the will of the people who respected and revered them. These laws [...]

  This Blog includes information on the Firefox Internet Browser and some add-ons to increase your privacy online. Many of these features show as a discreet button on your browser. I link to older versions as they were working fine before all that corporatism stuff was included.     A Working Browser Version. If you [...]

Seven Liberal Arts: Trivium & Quadrivium “To learn six subjects without remembering how they were learnt does nothing to ease the approach to a seventh; to have learnt and remembered the art of learning makes the approach to every subject an open door.”  - Dorothy Sayers Liberal education is made up of the three subjects [...]

One way of looking at banking, the mainstream view; which I believe we have been conditioned towards, is the belief that we go into a bank, we apply (beg) for a loan, we accept the terms and therefore we should be liable to pay. Many people I’m sure would agree with the view that we [...]