It is now online at http://jadedisle.ie

The wry meaning behind the name should hopefully be clear (a play on Emerald Isle).
The reasoning behind a separate blog for this material is not quite so obvious.
Essentially, the reasons are three-fold:

• to collect all political material in one place that it might eventually have some identity and "brand recognition" in and of itself
• to isolate the vitriol from the rest of the content here
• that others might contribute to the site, which would be rather strange on a site bearing my name directly.

I know I probably said I would never have a blog, but if it encourages me to write more often, and share more, perhaps it is a good thing.

I am extremely impressed with WordPress now. The last time I looked at it, it was still pretty shoddy. Now it is quite impressive.

I think perhaps I will begin migrating content across from my old site...