Results for: Clonskeagh
Kinahan to Clonskeagh: Understanding Ireland’s Dubai Connection
Sean McGovern’s belated extradition is perhaps the latest episode in a fifty-year-long love-in between the Republic of Ireland and the UAE. A Kinahan henchman who benefited from the Drimnagh to Dubai ratline that facilitated gangland's top brass since the Regency...
Clonskeagh’s Closed Doors: What the Irish Media Should be Asking About Islamist Infiltration
Warning of extremists filling the vacuum left amid the ongoing power struggle at Clonskeagh Mosque aired in the Sunday Times is the latest twist in the slow-burning drama consuming the Ummah in Ireland. At the eye of the storm sits...
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Irish Waystation? The Geopolitics Behind the Clonskeagh Mosque
Clonskeagh Mosque remains shuttered this afternoon as rumours circulate among the Dublin Ummah, ranging from American FBI agents to links to Islamic extremism following an ‘unprecedented incident' reported by the facility’s management. In the aftermath of the as-of-yet ambiguous altercation...
Presidents for the Pale: Leinster’s Liberal Line Up
Ireland's line-up of candidates for its presidential elections is dismal and offers the electorate no alternative. Ultimately, they are Presidents for the Pale.
GRIPT vs Trots and how PBP Suffocates the Irish Neutrality Movement
John McGuirk's succinct response to the recent outburst of contempt People Before Profit (PBP) TDs showed accredited journalists from GRIPT and other media outlets should not be the last word in this spat. PBP's contempt for GRIPT is based on...
After Assad: Ireland’s Role in Fueling Syria’s New Islamist Wave
The downfall of the al-Assad regime is being treated as a Syrian Berlin Wall moment within Irish diplomatic circles as evidenced by upbeat statements by An Taoiseach and similar signaling by the DFA. Away from traditional Irish foreign policy stomping...
Did Gulf Money Almost Stop Trinity From Flying the Pride Flag?
The raising of LGBT colours for the first time by Trinity College engendered a rather unusual news story the past week with alleged and mysterious pressure being placed upon the college not to do so. Reported initially by the Sunday...
Who is Behind Ireland’s Newest Mosque Development in Lucan?
Despite residential complaints and planning objections, An Bord Pleanála last week gave the rubber stamp on the development of a purpose built Islamic centre and mosque in the West Dublin town of Lucan. A planned multi-storey development complete with a...
The Irish Supreme Court: The Hidden Parliament
Theoretical framework of a Supreme Court The initial presumption behind a Supreme Court is that its judges would merely be mouthpieces for what is written down in the Constitution. The French philosopher Montesquieu described this as judges merely being ‘the...