Month: July 2026
The UDA’s Antifascist Feud: More than Meets the Eye?
Political and institutional loyalism never operates more than a stone’s throw away from the UK security apparatus. Ever since Carson loaded rifles on the Larne right through to decades of collusion and contemporary spats between narco gangs in East Belfast,...
Ceannas House: Transatlantic Funding for a United Ireland?
It would be hard to avoid the fact that the six counties are in political flux as of late. From the murky downfall of Jeffrey Donaldson, to nativist rioting in Belfast nevermind the gradual economic cleavage of the region from...
“Conor Gallagher Investigates….” How USAID Influenced Irish Times Aughinish Coverage
Like Manna from heaven, Tara Street;s Conor Gallagher has published yet another investigation, this time into the use of Spanish password management company Passwork, its ties to Kremlin intelligence services and the exposure of various state agencies from using their...
The Presidency of What?: Ireland’s €293 Million Brussels Performance
The Dublin administration has assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. With it comes the usual language of influence, leadership and national prestige. For six months, from July to December, the Free State will chair meetings, host...
Aoife Moore Risks Her Backside: Derry Journo Takes Up Joe.ie Editorship
More has been said in private about journalist Aoife-Grace Moore than is ever likely to make it safely into print here at The Burkean. We will leave it at that. The Derry-born scribe has carved out a prominent media profile...