All posts by Charles Hyde

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...

/ 05/01/2026
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Citywest Riots, President Connolly, and Record Soiled Ballots: Ireland’s Liberal Consensus is Finished

While Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael recover from the rubble of a titanic political screw-up that will be studied for decades to come, the entire political establishment would do well to remember that the Irish public were not the only...

/ 27/10/2025
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Department of Defence Releases Moronic Climate and Sustainability Strategy Paper

The fact that the Irish Defence Forces are being actively restricted by ludicrous vanity-projects of the Irish civil service like the SDGs, equality, and Climate Change, demonstrates once again that the Irish government and civil service are collectively experiencing a...

/ 26/09/2025

McSweeney’s Great Migration: Anti-Musk Twitter Star Embedded in Ireland’s EU Infrastructure

As discussions rage about European Union censorship of American social media companies, the Institute of International and European Affairs quietly hired Twitter’s former global vice president of public policy Sinéad McSweeney.  Fired amidst Elon Musk’s spring cleaning spree, McSweeney failed...

/ 06/09/2025