Tag: Fine Gael
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 Varadkar Foundation? What is Behind the Former Taoiseach’s United Ireland Pivot
We live in an era of liberal politicos reinventing themselves through backroom foundations and institutes. The Clintons mastered the trade in the late 90s only to be outdone recently by Tony Blair as his eponymous foundation became the rallying point...
Finn McRedmond’s Vibe Shift: What Comes After Woke in Ireland?
Three weeks shy of a second Trump inauguration is perhaps a decent interval to assess the past decade or so of the culture wars and how the tea lives are looking for our Emerald Isle. A reluctantly Anglophone nation without...
FF-FG’s New Mudguard? Regional Independents and GE24
The dust has settled after the election of 29 November 2024 General Election. While in some corners the failure of any Nationalist candidate to be elected has resulted in fighting and the blame game, this only serves to highlight how...
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...
After Kinahan: Irish Narco-Politics and Multiculturalism Are On A Collision Course
A Shooting in Summerhill April 25, 2016. Two armed men wearing boiler suits and Freddy Krueger masks barged into a northside boozer at the Sunset House midway through a raffle for republican prisoners. Quickly identifying their mark, the pair opened...
Gunboat Asylum Policy: Don’t Fall Into Tory Trap on Irish Refugee Crisis
The 20th century problem of partition took a 21st century turn for the worse this week as Westminster commenced a sabre rattling campaign against Dublin with a semi-overt threat to target the Republic with hybrid migration Lukashenko style. A week...
It’s Over For Varadkar
Leo Varadkar is stepping down. The future of his political career is anyone's guess, but it does not look rosy. AN IGNOMINOUS LIFE IN POLITICS When the history of Varadkar's career in office is written, it will be damning, no...
Ireland’s Referendum: Vote No No
On March 8th, international women's day, Ireland will go to the polls in what is yet another controversial referendum put forth by a socially distant government. Sources within Dáil Éireann have noted the internal divide within Fine Gael and Fianna...
Fact-check: Helen McEntee “Debunking Migration Myths”
Minister for Justice Helen McEntee last week claimed to "bust five myths about migration." We' examined her claims using the available statistics. Claim #1: Migrants Contribute to the Economy Fact Check: False The Minister cites a statistic, without reference, stating...