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Triple Lock? The Irish Army Has Been Subordinated to Globalism for Decades
From helping to prevent a right-wing Belgist state in the Congo to acting as a meat shield in Cyprus and the Lebanon, the Irish Defence Forces have been instrumentalised in UN ventures long before most readers were born. Battling an...
8200s in Dublin: Assessing Israel’s Irish Tech Backdoors
Rugby all-star Brian O’Driscoll kicked over a PR hornet’s nest when the former Irish captain’s address to an Israeli cybersecurity conference drew fire from Palestinian activists. The former Irish captain was a guest speaker at the Cyber Leader Summit Dublin,...
A Secret Hand Behind the Garvaghy Crisis?
With the 35 Orange brethren and a tracksuited Jamie Bryson unlikely to make it down the Garvaghy Road anytime soon, a question of cui bono hangs over today’s events in Armagh. Sinn Féin walked into the trap and now finds...
Why Doesn’t Ireland’s PC Culture Need a Party?
Everyone knows what “political correctness” means until they are asked to define it. It may mean no more than avoiding language likely to cause offence. It may also mean a system in which political acceptability counts for more than truth....
The Leaving Cert Politics And Society Course Is Still A Pain In The Posterior
Although my earlier piece castigated the Leaving Cert History syllabus, its faults are as nothing compared to the Leaving Cert Politics and Society farce which, to his credit, Peter Caddle previously filleted here as long ago as June 2018. Bad and all as...
Will Fianna Fáil’s Zoomer Golden Boys Oust Martin?
Reports of Micheál Martin’s political demise have been repeatedly overstated in the post-Covid period. The Leesideleader has managed to endure, despite recurring unease among Fianna Fáil’s upper ranks even up until the Jim Gavin fiasco. However, that run of resilience...
Germany’s New “Totalitarian Democracy”: An Interview with Dr. Hans‑Georg Maaßen
Dr. Hans‑Georg Maaßen spent decades at the heart of the German security state. As a senior official in the Federal Ministry of the Interior and later as President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, he helped...
Mr Tóibín Goes to Washington: Inside Aontú’s American Pivot
During their recent visit to the United States, Aontú and party leader Peadar Tóibín presented the trip as a significant step in building international links, particularly among Irish-American communities. The itinerary included meetings with U.S lawmakers from both major parties,...
How to Stop an Irish Boriswave
What Happened and What's Next? Right-wing condemnation abounded online this week upon news of the signing of a new cooperation agreement between the EU and India with explicit mention of steaming migration between Europe and the subcontinent. In the works...
Micheál in the Forbidden City: Irish-China Ties
Aside from his foray into literature, Martin's meeting with Xi Jinping will certainly draw attention, especially given its spontaneity. Its safe to say in the current geopolitical climate, Martin's mission to the Forbidden City will certainly draw the interest of...