All posts by The Burkean

Agent Cobalt: Oireachtas Spy Scandal of MI5 Dirty Tricks

Weeks before a likely November election The Sunday Times Irish edition has again hit upon journalistic gold.  A potential honeypot operation at the beating heart of power in Leinster House implicating an as-of-yet anonymous Irish parliamentarian, a Russian embassy apparatchik...

/ 08/10/2024

Espionage War Beckons As Nationalists Declare Victory in Austria

East of the Shankill Road, Vienna is potentially the most perilous place to play politics in Europe. Now almost sixteen years to the day since the ambiguous death of nationalist leader Jörg Haider, his FPÖ party is again on the...

/ 30/09/2024

In Memoriam: Jeff Gallagher

Jeff Gallagher, father, businessman, community pillar and Irish patriot died at age 46 on Wednesday 18th of September, dearly missed by friends and family. He is survived by his mother, 2 sisters, wife and 2 children. Jeff came from humble...

/ 19/09/2024

Report: Mexican Cartels Are Getting Their Hooks Into Dublin Airport

Findings made public by the Revenue Commissioner and Gardaí point to a booming presence of Latin American cartels in Ireland as reports describe a developing new trend of desperate favela dwellers being used as drug mules through Dublin Airport. Having...

/ 16/09/2024

Nationalist Rep Asks: Where Are All The Irish Gone?

This evening in the Fingal County Council chamber, Councillor Patrick Quinlan of the National Party put in a motion to clarify how much of the waiting list for local social housing stock is actually made up of Irish people. "To...

/ 09/09/2024

RTÉ – Ireland’s Fifth Column

When Ireland’s national broadcaster was launched on New Year's Eve in 1961 President Eamon de Valera compared it to atomic energy - it would either make or break the Irish race. “Never before was there in the hands of men...

/ 05/09/2024

The Ghanaian Four : Have Irish Courts Opened Up a New Asylum Sea Route?

The legal plight of four Ghanaian fishermen, stranded in Galway following the capsizing of their vessel in March, looks to have set legal precedent late last month as the Department of Justice granted their application for work visas. Recruited by...

/ 03/09/2024

The Professor’s Party Comes of Age: What the AfD Can Teach Irish Populism

The European political arena is still ringing with Sunday’s not-so-surprising triumph for Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in two regional elections in Thuringia and Saxony that placed them comfortably ahead of Berlin’s ruling green-left coalition. Irish press coverage scarcely goes...

/ 02/09/2024

SF Housing Policy Announced: Delusional On Migration

Today, Sinn Féin released a policy document on the housing crisis and what they pledge to deliver if elected to government. The document mirrors how Sinn Féin have approached the topic (and nearly every other) in recent years: trying to...

/ 02/09/2024

Stormont Puberty Blocker Dispute: Sinn Féin Tests Waters on Collapsing Trans Agenda

Left-unity on both sides of the border seems to be the primary casualty in this week’s standoff between Sinn Féin and other left-wing parties as Michelle O’Neill backed a wider UK-wide initiative to pull the use of puberty blockers for...

/ 30/08/2024