Tag: Gaza
The Gaza Board of Peace and the Irish Illusion
Although Trump's self-serving Gaza Board of Peace has no end of critics, it is a useful weathervane to gauge where the world, Ireland included, is going. The Board exists to enrich its members and to secure their interests. The Palestinians,...
Croke Park Versus Zionism: Why the GAA Can’t Decouple From Allianz
In a recent article titled "The Corporate Capture of the GAA", the Communist Party of Ireland's Socialist Voice magazine informed us that Allianz's massive sponsorship of the GAA must be ended to "save the soul of the GAA". Their excuse for destroying the...
Ireland’s Occupied Territories Bill: Justice or Strategic Folly
U.S. conservative talisman Pat Buchannan made an unusual appearance in the Journal last week, as arguably the American Democrats’ top representative to Ireland Larry Donnelly outlined the risk of a Zionist backlash to the Oireachtas passing the Occupied Territories Bill...
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...
GRIPT vs Trots and how PBP Suffocates the Irish Neutrality Movement
John McGuirk's succinct response to the recent outburst of contempt People Before Profit (PBP) TDs showed accredited journalists from GRIPT and other media outlets should not be the last word in this spat. PBP's contempt for GRIPT is based on...