Category: Politics
Left Wing Advocacy Groups Advertises Student Role at €1.78 an Hour
Specialising in the production of progressive audio-visual content and campus activism, ‘STAND’ is a little known website and advocacy group funded through the Department of Foreign Affairs and their Irish Aid programme. Existing under the umbrella of the Suas Educational...
Can Telegram Be Trusted?
Probably every zoomer reading this article had their mother or grandmother voice their comments regarding the amount of disappointment he has brought onto their family. Unfortunately, their old minds are too ignorant to comprehend the concept of a sigma male,...
VPN vs TOR for Political Dissidents
The history of virtual private networks (VPNs) can be dated back to 1996, when a Microsoft employee developed a peer-to-peer tunnelling protocol (PPTP). Work on related technology, IPsec, however, was going on for a couple of years at that point...
Hungary Rejects the Post-Western Future-Viktor Orbán
Generating much controversy in the western press gallery the following is a partial transcript from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's recent campus speech on the topic of demography, war with Russia and his nation's schism with Western Liberalism. A full...
Ireland Ends Interview Process for Refugees
Asylum seekers from Afghanistan, Somalia & Eritrea are being granted refugee status in Ireland without requiring any interview process. Can you guess the country of origin for the largest group seeking asylum in Ireland currently? As part of the International...
Will Asylum Crisis Bring Tent Cities to Ireland?
With a fresh standoff between asylum seekers at Harry’s Hotel in Kinnegad over the state’s wish to transport the current occupants to tented accommodation in Clare to make way for Ukranians, the asylum crisis looks set to continue its downward...
Civilisation vs Culture and the Mystery of St Maurus
History has shown us that there exists an antithesis between two traditions; that of ‘civilisation’ and ‘culture’. Civilisation, which resides in the hearts of the French, the Americans and the English, embodies the notion of ‘progress’; the betterment of humanity...
An Alternative Hate Speech Submission
The following was submitted two years ago as part of the Department of Justice's consultation process on the implementation of hate speech laws and is syndicated with the permission of the author. I would like to make a submission to...
Brazilian Asylum Seeker Forces Extension Precedent in Supreme Court
While eyes have been justifiably fixed on the spiralling disaster that is Irish asylum policy, a ruling Monday at the Supreme Court bodes badly for any future hope of reforming the already busted system. Dealing with the (non) plight of...
A Marginal Understanding : Why Left Republican Analysis of the Irish Right Flops
When reading about the emergence of the ‘far-right’ in Irish political journalism and opinion pieces, one is left feeling like they’re in the film Groundhog Day. Generally, a quick once over a few Wikipedia pages serves as the research basis...