All posts by The Burkean

Irish Nationalism is a Movement Going Places

Another monster rally was held last weekend, 22nd June, in Dublin, and constituted a clear step forward for the nationalist protest movement. The rally proceeded much like the last, beginning at the Garden of Remembrance and down O’Connell St where...

/ 24/06/2025

Based Shatter? Why Ian O’Doherty Shouldn’t Legitimise Zionism or Alan Shatter

Recent attempts by Alan Shatter to position himself as a critic of woke culture appear politically convenient rather than principled. The anti-woke movement is increasingly the optimal entry point for charlatans seeking new political life, and with that, the former...

/ 21/06/2025

Don’t Make UNIFL a Bargaining Chip- Time for An Irish Withdrawal from Lebanon

Within Irish defence and foreign policy circles, the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNFIL) has a particular pride of place. Deployed since 1978 to assist in peacekeeping operations on the Lebanese-Israeli frontier, 330 Irish soldiers of the 126th Infantry...

/ 20/06/2025

Kylemore and the Culture War: @TuathaIreland’s Twitter Demise

Since Elon Musk has taken charge, Twitter has changed to the point of rebranding its name to X. Before this takeover, it was a ruthless place for those in the dissident sphere with the ban hammer at the ready for...

/ 17/06/2025

Ballymena Burns: Has Loyalism’s Containment Zone Broken Down

The uninitiated should abandon all pretence of knowledge when examining northern street politics. Beyond the sweet nothings of Stormont lies a sectarian web of covert deals, narco-politics, and a strategy of containment through the enabling of hooliganism by British intelligence....

/ 11/06/2025

UK’s Migrant Sex Crime Wave Reaches Ballymena

Last night, June 9th, saw Ballymena descend into a riot with multiple houses set alight and barricades constructed around the town as migrant homes were targeted. Local anger spilled over in the wake of multiple sexual assaults targeting teenage girls...

/ 10/06/2025

Ireland Found Her Moral Conscience With Palestine, Now It Needs Her Sovereignty 

Events since October 7th have precipitated a rare moment of national coherence in Ireland. The rights and wrongs of Dublin’s Palestinian stance aside, Gaza has touched a deep racial nerve in Western Europe’s only post-colonial nation, unifying and electrifying the...

/ 29/05/2025

“Something to do with not liking Churchill,” Laura Perrins and the Anglophile Death Drive

Conservatives often like to hover between “my country, right or wrong” and some abstract defence of “the national interest.” But some rightists in Ireland appear to want to buck that trend entirely—and instead park themselves squarely on the tarmac at...

/ 25/05/2025

PSNI Centrestage At Dublin Antifa Conference

The left in Ireland has devoted much ink to pinning the nationalist right as a front for HM’s government, with little reciprocal attention going in the opposite direction. On Monday, however a senior PSNI constable sat down with leading left-wing...

/ 21/05/2025

Dogwhistles or not, Starmer’s Asylum Clampdown Will Send Shockwaves to Ireland

Harsh rhetoric and policy reforms meant to fend off a growing Reform electoral challenge could give rise to yet another round of the Anglo-Irish asylum wars, as UK PM Keir Starmer announced new measures to curb irregular and excessive migration....

/ 17/05/2025