Category: Politics
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...
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...
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...
From Bonfires to Bedfellows: Lasair Dhearg Lifts Lid on Antifa’s Loyalist Romance
Lasair Dhearg held an event on 26th February, 2025, in Derry to discuss the rise of anti-immigration sentiment in Ireland. On the 2nd March, a video of the event was posted to Lasair Dhearg’s YouTube channel. It flew largely under...
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....
Kingship and Community: The Roots of Hierarchy in Irish Political Culture
The following was first published in 'The Occidental Quarterly' and is syndicated with permission. Features of Irish collectivism and hierarchy Ethnic groups organise their societies in particular ways according to their group psychological differences. These differences have been outlined by...
Will Irish Republicanism Manage a ‘Vibeshift’ on Migration Question?
Irish Republicanism has gone down a bad road, and it needs to turn back quickly, for its own sake and for the nation’s sake. Republicans are now making themselves into enemies of ordinary Irish people. This is unprecedented and serious....
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...
De Valera, Schrödinger, and Why Ireland Will Not Attract anti-Trump Scientists
Let's imagine, in one of Erwin Schrödinger's parallel universes, I was charged with providing the brain power for a Max Planck Institute based in an Ireland at peace with the world and with itself. No problem. I would charter a...
Sovereignty as Sin? Why Irish Catholics Should Oppose Mass Migration
““Ní múchfar an tine seo, a lasadh ar an cnoc seo, go brách….” The Catholic Church in Ireland may be bruised, but it is not broken. Despite scandal, secularisation, and dwindling vocations, it remains a vital force in Irish civic...