Category: Politics
Paschal’s Wager: Irish Politicians and Finance Scandals
Coming on the heels of Damien English’s resignation over a recent property scandal, his fellow Fine Gael TD, Paschal Donohoe, has found himself in similar controversy over his failure to declare election-season financial expenses. The prolific trend among Irish politicians...
Big Business Backs Open Border Pledge in Ireland
With protests across the capital sending political chills into the halls of power, the antifascist left and big business have responded in kind with a joint statement condemning the demonstrations and what they stand for. Announced by a new astroturfed...
Dublin Fights Back Against the Asylum Industry
Introduction: The Day Dublin Fought Back The 12th of January will be etched forever in our nation’s history as the day when working-class Dubliners defied the asylum industry. A day where they said no to gombeen hoteliers parasitically profiteering off...
Fitness for the Uninitiated – A Guide
No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. Socrates Strong people...
Up the Ra, Anglophobia and the Star Spangled Fenian
The following article first featured in the Gaelic American and is syndicated with permission of the author. After the Irish women’s soccer team was taped singing “Celtic Symphony” a couple of months ago, and more recently the Leinster Rugby stadium...
Twitter’s Irish Spies: How Has Musk Takeover Impacted Dublin Operations?
With Twitter’s Senior Policy Director Sinéad MsSweeney opting to jump rather than be pushed in the face of Musk’s radical streamlining of the company, the question must be asked how is the global corporate shakeup affecting the office politics on...
Nkencho Inquiry: Is Ruth Coppinger Trying to Rebuild her Career off the Nigerian Vote?
Instigating a lukewarm attempt at US-style race rioting in Clonee of all places, the GSOC inquiry into the death of Nigerian blade enthusiast turned anti-racist martyr Goerge Nkencho may loom large over the politics of 2023. Shot by the Armed...
Has War with Russia Failed to Energise Europe?
When the poet Lamartine noted in 1839 that ‘La France s’ennuie’ (France is bored), he had hit on something quintessential to the zeitgeist of modern Europe. Whilst the previous revolution of 1789 had been precipitated by the political hunger of...
Grooming Accusations Levelled at Soc Dem Councillor Owen Hanley
Earlier today, videos were posted to Twitter in which a teenage man accuses Social Democrats councillor for Galway City East, Owen Hanley, of sexually grooming him on social media when he was underage. Hanley has been accused by this teenager...
Éire Nua: Gaelic Corporatism’s Lost Future?
The following first appeared on Substack and is syndicated with the permission of the author. With the impending reality of the next Irish government being formed by Sinn Féin, I felt that it would be instructive to analyse some of...