Month: March 2025
Ireland’s New Atlantic Relationship: Will the Patrick Collison Drop the Ball on Replacement Migration?
A diplomatic sigh of relief could be heard on this side of the Atlantic as the Taoiseach avoided a verbal spanking courtesy of the new Trump administration during the perfunctory Saint Patrick’s Day visit. A positive diaspora-driven image of the...
Operation Sophia: When Ireland’s Open Border Agenda Undermined Neutrality
Rhetoric is meeting reality this week as the Irish government began the legislative process of dispensing with the ‘Triple Lock” mechanism putting requirements on UN, Cabinet, and Oireachtas approval for any deployments of more than 12 Defence Forces personnel. Thanks...
MAGA’s Atlantic Vassal: What a Trump Presidency Could Demand from Ireland
The implications of JD Vance’s February Munich Security Conference speech are fast reaching the Department of Foreign Affairs halls as the Taoiseach girdles his loins for a potentially bruising White House visit this St. Patrick’s Day. Ireland has so far...
Bowling Alone on O’Connell Street: Atomisation and Modern Irish Life
“Every Civilization passes through the same necessary phases. First, the organic unity of a high Culture, rich in meaning, belief, and communal purpose. Then, as it reaches its zenith, the Culture hardens into mere Civilization—mechanistic, intellectualized, and devoid of the...