Category: Politics
After the Iran Energy Shock, Will Ireland Reconsider Green Absolutism?
Seven years on from the green-wave of 2019 that reshaped Irish energy policy the nation is staring down the (rather empty) barrel of a fuel crisis driven by turmoil in the Middle East. Over a week since Operation Midnight Hammer...
Dump the Shamrocks: Why the Taoiseach Should Boycott Trump
We write to formally call for a boycott of the annual Shamrock Ceremony, scheduled to take place later this month. For far too long, the Irish American community has been politically neglected — courted for votes through promises that are...
DoJ: No Obligation For Ireland To Issue Visas After EU Trade Deal
The Department of Justice has sought to play down suggestions that the EU–India free trade deal will automatically open the Irish labour market to increased migration, stressing that control over visas and employment permits remains firmly in national hands. In...
My Experience with Ireland’s Trans Mafia
Some time ago, I attended a gathering in Dublin focused on strengthening family life. Needless to say, there was a counter-protest as well; that seems to be de rigueur these days. The contrast between the two groups was obvious and...
What Does Irish Right-Wing Unity Look Like?
The farmer and the cowman should be friends, Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. The cowman ropes a cow with ease, the farmer steals her butter and cheese, But that's no reason why they cain't be friends...
The Cromwell Club Cometh? What Restore Britain Means for Ireland
The rise of Restore Britain marks a notable development in British politics, one that Irish observers should not ignore. Led by Rupert Lowe, the movement has transitioned from pressure group to a political party with a dozen elected representatives, including...
Ireland’s Three Electorates: Examining Irish Polling Accuracy
Differences in polling among Ireland’s three major polling agencies are often treated as small methodological differences producing slightly different snapshots of the same electorate. Recent evidence suggests otherwise. The latest national surveys from Ipsos, Red C, and Ireland Thinks do...
The Yookay’s Years of Lead: Will Reform Rupture the British Security State?
Should Keir Starmer fall on his sword in the aftermath of the Mandelson Affair, it would make seven the number of prime ministers to have been in and out of Downing Street within ten years of the Brexit vote. So...
The Firewall Machine: Inside Germany’s NGO Complex and Its War Against the AfD”
The following article originally appeared December 2025 in the Hungarian Conservative and is syndicated with the permission of the author. Arian Aghashahi is a conservative political strategist, commentator serving Managing Director of the Sovereignty Foundation the political foundation affiliated with...
Irish Art’s UBI Moment: Don’t Put Artists on the Subsidy Leash
The pandemic years tilted the stage in ways that the everyman can barely perceive, particularly in the power relationship between the Irish state and the media. A slew of emergency subsidies and support schemes quietly rewired incentives and normalised state...