All posts by The Burkean

From the Liffey to the Danube: The Sinn Féin Ideal and the Hungarian Question-Gyöngyösi Márton

The following tract is taken from a 2003 pamphlet about the Irish rejection of the Nice Treaty by former MEP and Hungarian parliamentarian Gyöngyösi Márton and is syndicated with permission of the author. In light of the outcome and results...

/ 06/02/2026
Attribution: Eric Jones / Students relaxing on the steps of the Chapel

László’s Nazbol Moment: PBP Red Goes Rogue Over Immigration

Every so often, Ireland’s radical left discovers reality—and promptly tries to expel whoever noticed it first. László Molnárfi is merely the latest to learn that class analysis is all well and good, until it points in the wrong direction.

/ 29/10/2025

Centre Right Duds: Can Ruth Dudley Edwards Stop Making Catherine Connolly Cool

One of the smoothest cakewalks in recent Irish political history is unfolding as we speak with Galway socialist Catherine Connolly running rhetorical rings around centrist contender Heather Humphreys in the penultimate days of Áras ’25.  Unfazed by mutterings about dissident...

/ 20/10/2025
Attribution: Microsoft head office, Thames Valley Park by Rob Purvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Minister for Algorithms? ENFORCE, Joe O’Brien’s new Hate Speech Unit

O’Brien’s move from party politics to this new enforcement role mirrors a broader shift: as street-level activism loses traction, Ireland’s NGO class is embedding itself inside regulatory frameworks. For the open borders left, the fight is no longer about rallies...

/ 03/10/2025

National Action for Slow Learners: How the Clann Éireann Disaster Will End, and Why Chuds Need to Get Out

For Zoomers, a universal piece of advice from pro-life, republican, and migration-control activists—radical and reformist alike—going back to the 1990s regarding Barrett can be summarised bluntly: “Do not under any circumstances involve yourself with Justin Barrett."

/ 16/09/2025
Attribution: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Attention All Chuds! The Burkean Calls for Writers

Over the years, this publication has remained a voice in support of patriotism, freedom of speech, and conservative ideas in Ireland. To continue this mission, The Burkean is issuing a call for new writers seeking a platform to express their...

/ 02/09/2025

Left, Right or Centre: Who Will Claim Ireland’s Post-Neutrality Space?

Perennial Irish misgivings about the nation’s place in the Anglo-American military alliance or EU militarisation are unlikely to avert a date with destiny in the not too distant future about Dublin’s threadbare defence policy. Caught between the Scylla of a...

/ 01/09/2025

Michael McDowell’s Blog-Diplomacy

In an August 20th article written by the former Tánaiste and Attorney General, Senator Michael McDowell castigates the Ukraine peace negotiations established by United States President Donald Trump.  McDowell characterises President Trump’s negotiation tactics with Russia as a kind of...

/ 22/08/2025

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...

/ 19/08/2025

Gerard Howlin’s Boomer Moment

The blood had scarcely scabbed over on Capel Street’s recent Islamist attack when the media launched into an engineered scare regarding a supposed spike in anti-Indian hate crimes. With the Garda Press Office and Coimisiún na Meán both fumbling the...

/ 18/08/2025