Category: Ireland
The Empire Acquits Itself: The Political Meaning of Soldier F’s Acquittal
The acquittal of “Soldier F” reminds us that justice delayed can become justice denied — and that a peace without legitimacy is merely the absence of open conflict.
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...
Fear Is the Key: How COVID and Eco-Panic Reshaped Irish Society
Fear Is the Key As a teenager, I read many of Alistair MacLean’s books. One title has stayed with me ever since: Fear Is the Key. Those words encapsulate precisely the strategy of our would-be controllers. And, to be fair,...
Chat Control Thwarted: The Covert Truth in Ireland’s EU Censorship Wars
Ultimately, Chat Control is not about “protecting children” so much as Brussels establishing a continental surveillance template that weakens US tech dominance, undermines free speech, and creates a model authoritarian regimes from Belarus to Beijing could copy.
The SDLP’s Brussels Surrender: Why Eurofederalism Can Never Bring Irish Unity
Irish unity, if it is to mean anything, must not be brought about by surrendering our hard-won right to govern ourselves or on discarding the moral vision that sustained our people in darker times.
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...
Catherine Connolly in Syria: A Personal Reflection and Anti-Imperialist Critique
Had Connolly genuinely been interested in the Palestinian people, Yarmouk Camp is less than 3 kilometres from where she stayed in Damascus, and Shehabi could have introduced her to several of the Palestinian regiments whose volunteers fought and died alongside...
Irish-America: A Journey from the Fenian Raids to NORAID
Irish nationalism, fuelled by the tragedy of the Famine, found itself nurtured by emigrants in the prosperous industrial economy of the United States.
The Twisted Hearts of Irish Abortionists
Those who have participated in these murderous acts are all accomplices in the killing of innocent children. They no longer share the heritage of Ireland as “the land of saints and scholars.” No, for them it is “the land of...
Department of Defence Releases Moronic Climate and Sustainability Strategy Paper
The fact that the Irish Defence Forces are being actively restricted by ludicrous vanity-projects of the Irish civil service like the SDGs, equality, and Climate Change, demonstrates once again that the Irish government and civil service are collectively experiencing a...