Category: International
Irish Traitors: Take it Down from the Mast
As far as Official Ireland is concerned, our national flag is the preserve of serial grifters like former President Mary Robinson, who likes to ramble on about everything under the sun, and Sinn Féin, who like to fly it on...
Kirk Assassination: MAGA Vows Retribution as Progressive Left Turns Feral
Though Kirk was in many ways a moderate conservative, he was an ideological centre-point dear to much of the MAGA movement. Without him, the political left who rejoiced at news of Kirk’s passing will find out very quickly how radical...
Gaydan O’Queerdon Seethes as Europe’s Hero Graces Irish Shores
On Saturday September 6, the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán attended the World Cup qualifiers match between Ireland and Hungary at the Aviva Stadium. Labour MEP Gaydan O'Queerdon promised a protest to intimidate the Hungarian Prime Minister but nobody showed...
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...
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...
Combat-Ready? Plans for Irish Navy Flagship to Become Refugee Ferry Irks Top Brass
A once in a generation upgrade in the Irish navy has aired underlying questions about the future of the fleet with a public dispute over whether the Defence Forces should specialise in a Multi-Role Vessel (MRV) specialising in what is...
FuJo: America’s Censorship Complex Finds a New Home in Dublin
In retrospect, 2010s was a golden epoch for digital transatlantic relations in Ireland courtesy of Dublin’s launchpad status for Big Tech. The relationship wasn’t just business however, Irish activists , ministers, and civil servants built personal ties with tech giants...
Europe’s Gender Czar: Michael O’Flaherty the ex-Priest Wanting to Make Gender Ideology Doctrine
A laicized cleric from Galway is putting a concrete definition of womanhood and free expression on the chopping block in Strasbourg as he settles into a role as one of Europe’s top human rights enforcers. LGBT rights activist and former...
Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill: Justice or Strategic Folly
U.S. conservative talisman Pat Buchannan made an unusual appearance in the Journal last week, as arguably the American Democrats’ top representative to Ireland Larry Donnelly outlined the risk of a Zionist backlash to the Oireachtas passing the Occupied Territories Bill...
Paschal’s Bulgarian Gamble : Ireland Turns Blind Eye to Bulgarian Oligarchy with Sofia’s Eurozone Entrance
While Brussels and Dublin hail Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone as a triumph of integration, few in the Department of Finance are asking the uncomfortable question: what happens when you share a currency with a captured oligarchical state? The ink...