GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in

Another victim of the Big Lie

Last update: 13:43 | 12.11.09 | © Metro Éireann

One of the latest big lies spread by the corporate media concerns the trial of Radovan KaradÅ¾ic. We know that the most heinous crimes against humanity were committed in Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia, and we also know who the perpetrators were, don’t we?

Scurvy dogs - or worthy heroes?

Last update: 09:25 | 05.11.09 | © Metro Éireann

Gearóid Ó Cólmáin has some sympathy for the modern-day pirates of Somalia

Ben Ali: an deachtÃ³ir cairdÃºil

Last update: 09:25 | 05.11.09 | © Metro Éireann

Nuair a bhíos ag léamh an páipéar L’Humanité an tseachtain seo caite, thugas faoi deara go raibh olltoghchán ar siúl sa Túineis. Olltoghcháin, mar dhea! Tá an déachtóir

Cogadh buan ar son na sÃochÃ¡na

Last update: 04:25 | 22.10.09 | © Metro Éireann

Le níos mó na fiche tíortha ag glacadh páirt ann, is cosúil go mbeímid ag cloisteáil tuairiscí ón gcogadh san Afganistáin ins na míosa agus na blianta atá amach romhainn. Anois

Kyrgyzstan: a land of contrasts

Last update: 15:58 | 10.09.09 | © Metro Éireann

Gearóid Ó Cólmáin gets up close and personal with the former Soviet republic at the heart of Asia, strugging to survive amid political power games

Moscowâ€™s underground palaces

Last update: 12:56 | 27.08.09 | © Metro Éireann

It is one of the wonders of the modern world, and more than 7 million people use it every day, yet it draws few visitors from abroad. Built in 1935 by the Soviet government, the Moscow Metro is more than just a public transport system – it is arguably

The truth about Tibet

Last update: 01:53 | 13.08.09 | © Metro Éireann

Think that the ‘Free Tibet’ campaign is a noble cause? Think again, says columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Africaâ€™s Hitler?

Last update: 17:30 | 06.08.09 | © Metro Éireann

Robert Mugabe has left an appalling legacy in Africa. But he’s not the only one. So why is the Zimbabwean leader demonised by the west as a dictator beyond all others, asks Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Triumph of criminal lunacy

Last update: 13:07 | 30.07.09 | © Metro Éireann

As the world celebrates 40 years since the first moon landing, our Irish columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin highlights the Nazi connection to the US space programme

BainistÃocht an lÃ©argais Obama faoin â€˜coup dâ€™Ã©tatâ€™ sa HondÃºras

Last update: 13:06 | 30.07.09 | © Metro Éireann

Tá sé soléir anois go raibh Washington taobh thiar an coup d’etat sa Hondúras an mhí seo caite. Bhí réamheolas ag an Peintagán agus bhí fhios ag Roinnt Stát chomh maith go raibh rún

Our Irish columnist GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in asks, who is really behind the colour revolutions of the past few years - and what are their true intentions?

Last update: 12:52 | 23.07.09 | © Metro Éireann

If we look at the global map over the past few years, we can see a series of uprisings sparked by political disputes in the geopolitical region of Eurasia, stretching from eastern Europe to the far east. These mass movements in places such as Georgia, Ukraine,

Forget the G8, says our Irish columnist GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in - a far more important meeting of world leaders has just occured in Cuba...

Last update: 17:56 | 16.07.09 | © Metro Éireann

As usual the eyes of the world were fixed on the fat cats meeting in Italy last week for the G8 summit. Meanwhile, you will likely have read nothing about another meeting of far more importance for our future, a meeting that represents the aspirations of over

LÃ©irscrÃos na hÃise LÃ¡ir: TÃ¡ an phÃblÃne ag Ã©irÃ nios costasaÃ gach lÃ¡

Last update: 17:56 | 16.07.09 | © Metro Éireann

Tá níos mó ná 100 milliún dídeanaigh i bPacastáin faoi lathair de bharr an chogaidh idir na Stáit Aontaithe agus na Taliban agus tá daoine ag fáil báis gach lá.

Cé go bhfuil sé follasach go bhfuil coup d’état militeach, fasisteach, tradisiúnta i gceist i Hondúras, diúltaíonn Washington an focail ‘coup’ a rá. Ní chuireann sé sin aon

Our Irish columnist GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in on the idea that education through Irish could united people on both sides of the North-South divide

Irish language media took a blow this month with the news that Foinse, the Irish language weekly newspaper, was to be taken out of circulation due to financial difficulties. Nevertheless, last week saw a positive report from the world of academia concerning

An lÃ¡mh cheilte a mhÃºnlaÃonn eachtraÃ an domhain

Tá sé fíordheacair a thuiscint céard a tharla san Iaráin cúpla seachtaine o shin. Dearfá go bhfuil sé ‘fíordheacair’ dá ndéanfá tagairt don gcaidreamh tioblóideach

In the aftermath of the controversial Iranian elections, our Irish columnist GearÃ³id Ã“ ColmÃ¡in wonders whose interests are really being served...

My first suspicion was that all this talk of colour was just another pseudo-revolution. We had the rose revolution in Georgia, the orange in Ukraine and the pink in Kyrgyzstan: in each case the people wanted an end to Russian hegemony; they wanted liberty, democracy

The New Irish

Our Irish columnist Gearóid Ó Colmáin on the fate of Le Clem, a grand symbol of western imperialism and the exploitation of the developing world...

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