Month: September 2024
Nationalist Rep Asks: Where Are All The Irish Gone?
This evening in the Fingal County Council chamber, Councillor Patrick Quinlan of the National Party put in a motion to clarify how much of the waiting list for local social housing stock is actually made up of Irish people. "To...
RTÉ – Ireland’s Fifth Column
When Ireland’s national broadcaster was launched on New Year's Eve in 1961 President Eamon de Valera compared it to atomic energy - it would either make or break the Irish race. “Never before was there in the hands of men...
The Ghanaian Four : Have Irish Courts Opened Up a New Asylum Sea Route?
The legal plight of four Ghanaian fishermen, stranded in Galway following the capsizing of their vessel in March, looks to have set legal precedent late last month as the Department of Justice granted their application for work visas. Recruited by...
The Professor’s Party Comes of Age: What the AfD Can Teach Irish Populism
The European political arena is still ringing with Sunday’s not-so-surprising triumph for Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in two regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony that placed them comfortably ahead of Berlin’s ruling green-left coalition. Irish press coverage scarcely goes...
SF Housing Policy Announced: Delusional On Migration
Today, Sinn Féin released a policy document on the housing crisis and what they pledge to deliver if elected to government. The document mirrors how Sinn Féin have approached the topic (and nearly every other) in recent years: trying to...