All around the world elections are being fought online
It makes sense to fight on the battleground that suits us. (This article is syndicated with permission from https://joblog.substack.com/p/all-around-the-world-elections-are) There are seven months to go to the Local and European elections and maybe not much more than that until the...
Gaelicism in Practice: William Rooney
Extracts from a longform essay "Gaelicism in Practice" by William Rooney, The United Irishman, January 12, 1901. “Those Penal Days,” of which Davis sung, though the acme of all that fiendish cruelty and bigoted injustice could devise, as far as...
Government Spends Billions on Refugees but Refuses Irish People Humanitarian Aid
Locals in Wexford were told by the government that they would not receive aid after a freak weather disaster destroyed their lives. The same government literally sends billions abroad for the same situation; the only difference is that they're happy...
Paddy Cosgrave Did Nothing Wrong (About Israel)
The Web Summit founder has been forced to issue an apology for his tweets on the situation in Gaza. What was this all about, and was he right to say sorry? Over the past few days, a storm in a...
Newbridge Says No: Massive Turnout on Wednesday Evening
Wednesday 27th of September at 7pm there was a sizeable protest outside The Gables Guest House and Leisure Centre in Newbridge. Locals were voicing their concerns after a busload of foreign men were spotted taking up residence in the building....
Ireland’s New Electoral Commission and its powers: Another victory for the government in their war against Free Speech
In what might seem (to the untrained eye) to be another humdrum quango involved in the tedious business of organising elections lie many grave threats to Ireland’s struggling democracy. Ireland’s new Electoral Commission, founded in April of this year, will...
Fact-Check: Was a black girl denied a gymnastics medal due to racism in Ireland?
The Claim: Video from an Irish youth gymnastics meet showed various competitors being presented with medals. The only black girl in view is not given a medal by the judge. Various media outlets and international sporting figures claimed that this...
The Good, the Bad, and the Cringey: Post-mortem of the Dáil Protest
“I hate little wars,” said Wellington. So do we; and we hate still more a petty mob meeting without purpose, and dispersing without success. Perfect order, silence, obedience, alacrity, and courage make an assemblage formidable and respectable.” Thomas Davis: “Scolding...
Burkean Campus Insider: Dublin Nightlife Guide
Continuing our Fresher's Week student guide, we take a look at the vibrant, fragrant, vagrant world of Dublin nightlife... Students escaping from their restrictive and domineering family homes, where their bitchy mammies refuse to use vegan plant-based alternative foods, will...
Burkean Campus Insider: Dublin Freshers Guide
As freshers week kicks off in earnest, and a new influx of students enter Dublin colleges, The Burkean provides a sampling of the ecstatic college antics which they can expect to see during their college life. Providing general campus lore...