Tag: Ireland
The Banshees Of Inisherin – An Exercise In Cultural Self Deprecation
The following piece first appeared on the website Excuse the Blood and is syndicated with the permission of the author. At the time of writing, The Banshees Of Inisherin has earned nine Oscar nominations and ten BAFTA nominations. It has...
Young Fine Gael and the Yellow Peril: Hawkish NeoCons Play Diplomat
IntroductionThe hawkish Neoconservatism of Young Fine Gael is on display recently in an ominous policy paper document regarding the future of Irish-Chinese relations. The YFG hierarchy has dictated the state’s recommended approach to Ireland’s diplomatic relations, with the hypothetical prompt...
This Week In Mass Migration: Turmoil In CityWest and Finglas
It's been a difficult week for the Irish establishment's mass migration industry. Yesterday the dam finally broke, and the Government at last exhausted the ability to house the seemingly unending stream of foreigners they're importing. On Saturday, as we reported,...
We’re Full: Irish Government Asks Refugees to Stop Coming
Yesterday’s low-level rioting at the Citywest asylum facility has put into focus the reality of the state’s overstretched international protection services. Less than a year into the Ukrainian conflict, the Department of Children and Integration tasked with managing the failing...
Shelbourne Hotel Protests: How ‘Dublin Says No’ Outwitted the Left
“Considerable fear about losing working class support to the nativist right was also expressed” – ‘Le Chéile: Ireland's Newest Censorship Org Off to an Uninspiring Start’, Ciaran Brennan Introduction When ‘Dublin Says No’ announced Saturday’s protest adjacent to the Shelbourne...
‘Calvary’ As A Critique Of Irish Society
Father James Lavelle (Brendan Gleeson) is a likable, down to earth ‘good priest’. The film opens with a scene at a confession booth, where an anonymous parishioner details disturbingly the sexual abuse inflicted on him by a priest as a child. The...
Paschal’s Wager: Irish Politicians and Finance Scandals
Coming on the heels of Damien English’s resignation over a recent property scandal, his fellow Fine Gael TD, Paschal Donohoe, has found himself in similar controversy over his failure to declare election-season financial expenses. The prolific trend among Irish politicians...
Asylum Industry, Vulture Funds, and Irish Displacement
Narrative Control Last Monday, National Party representative Paul McWeeney tweeted that a work colleague of his was unable to make an appointment for his sick baby in his local GP practice in Ballaghaderreen, county Roscommon. McWeeney’s tweet alleged that the...
The New Plantation of Ireland
It is interesting how Government and elected politicians will decry working-class attempts to stop the plantation of their communities with outsiders as ‘intimidation’ and ‘racist’ because they are loud, but shy away like cowards when wealthy communities stop the plantations...
Dublin Fights Back Against the Asylum Industry
Introduction: The Day Dublin Fought Back The 12th of January will be etched forever in our nation’s history as the day when working-class Dubliners defied the asylum industry. A day where they said no to gombeen hoteliers parasitically profiteering off...