IRL Forum, Bannon and the Irish Right’s Closing Window of Opportunity
John Buchan’s Greenmantle is often misread as little more than a period adventure novel. In reality, it is a study in political uncertainty - and in what happens when a moment opens up, but nobody is ready to seize it....
Did Brexit Break Belfast? Mass Migration and the Six Counties
One of the most frequently repeated promises made during the Brexit campaign was that leaving the European Union would “end mass migration”. Nearly a decade on, that claim does not survive contact with official data. On the contrary, immigration into...
Will Anyone Acknowledge Ireland’s Rental Pressure Zone Failure?
With 5,405 eviction notices issued in Q3 of 2025, it looks like 2026 is going to be a particularly grim year for renters in Ireland. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) reported a 35% increase in eviction notices being issued over...
Simon On Substack: Will the Tánaiste’s Dog whistling Bury Right-Wing Populism?
Asylum: The Centre Strikes Back If centrist and centre-right promises to hem in mass migration had ever carried real policy weight, London would today remain overwhelmingly native-born thanks to Tory and New Labour promises. Readers should assess Tánaiste Simon Harris’s...
Micheál in the Forbidden City: Irish-China Ties
Aside from his foray into literature, Martin's meeting with Xi Jinping will certainly draw attention, especially given its spontaneity. Its safe to say in the current geopolitical climate, Martin's mission to the Forbidden City will certainly draw the interest of...
Maduro in Chains: How Should Ireland React to the End of Multilaterialism
The liberal multilateral world is ending not because it was defeated by a rival vision, but because it could no longer reproduce the conditions that made it believable.
COVID in the Philippines: The Internationalisation of Liberal Paranoia and Transgender Ideology
I’m back in the Philippines, where I’ve lived for 30-plus years. Some of the fine traits of these people are vividly on display: the hearty “welcome back”, the touching reunions, the corny jokes. But even more impressive has been the...
Inside the Blookay: British Conservatism’s Answer to the Yookay
British society is obsessed with OnlyFans, migrants, and abortion. This degeneracy has destroyed the country, and threatens Ireland by proximity. Ireland must not fall for the tricks of British spooks who desire to undermine Irish sovereignty and profit from spreading...
Custodianship Over Contest, Sinn Féin and Abstentionism: Part 2
1926-1938: The System, Withdrawal and Transfer of Authority The Sinn Féin that emerged from the split of 1926 did not mistake its survival for success. It had retained a justification without a viable constituency only a year after the split...
J. J. O’Kelly, Brian O’Higgins and Sinn Féin’s Suppressed Tradition: Part 1
1904-1923: From Strategy to Doctrine and into Practice Irish Republicanism did not begin with Sinn Féin, nor did Sinn Féin initially speak in its language. By the time the party was founded, a Republican tradition already existed, organised most coherently...