A Broad Church for the Irish Right?
I wrote a few days ago about the failure of Irish populists to organise. The piece was pessimistic because pessimism was the only intellectually honest response to the evidence. Reality, so far, has not been especially generous. One observation in...
IRL Forum, Bannon and the Irish Right’s Closing Window of Opportunity
John Buchan’s Greenmantle is often misread as little more than a period adventure novel. In reality, it is a study in political uncertainty - and in what happens when a moment opens up, but nobody is ready to seize it....
Hate Speech Arrests Have Already Begun in Ireland
The following article first appeared on Substack and is syndicated with permission. In the last month, three people have been arrested in the Republic for holding up signs at protests. One man in Portlaoise was arrested, held for over 6...
Irish Local Elections: How to be “The Controlled Immigration Guy”
The following article first appeared on Substack and is syndicated with the permission of the author. The signs are everywhere. Green Party councillors holding parish hall meetings on sustainability, Labour photo ops promoting new African and Indian members are surfacing...