Tag: EU
Migration Pact: Dáil Expected to Sign Ireland Down to EU Asylum Budget
Three motions with one unmistakable policy direction dominate Wednesday’s Dáil schedule, as the coalition moves to opt Ireland into a trio of EU multi-annual funding programmes underpinning the Union’s migration, security and justice agenda. The first motion locks Ireland into...
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.
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...
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...
After Kyiv? Taoiseach’s European Tour Incites Russian Warning
Taoiseach Micheal Martin flew to Brussels February 10th to meet European Union’s top liberal technocrats from Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, to Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament. The trip further saw Martin attending French President Emmanuel...
Trump’s USAID Shutdown to Hit Irish NGO Complex
While not a direct target of its initiatives, the shuttering of Washington’s USAID network is likely to have a ripple effect in Ireland where our nation’s foreign aid programmes have become interwoven with the Democratic wing of the American establishment...
The Journal.ie Could Be the Next Big Loser in Facebook’s DEI Purge
Since its 2010 debut, The Journal.ie—owned by the advertising moguls the Fallon Brother—has blurred the lines successfully between tabloid and broadsheet journalism in Ireland. While not as cash-strapped as its clickbait-heavy rival Joe.ie, The Journal has faced criticism within our...
Agent Cobalt: Oireachtas Spy Scandal or MI5 Dirty Tricks
Weeks before a likely November election The Sunday Times Irish edition has again hit upon journalistic gold. A potential honeypot operation at the beating heart of power in Leinster House implicating an as-of-yet anonymous Irish parliamentarian, a Russian embassy apparatchik...
Get Them Home! Irish Defence Forces Withdraw Necessary Amid Lebanon War
As tensions boil over in the Middle East yet again, and Israel mounts an invasion of Southern Lebanon, the Irish government ought to reconsider its engagement in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the region. Ireland has 340 soldiers in...