Tag: Protests
National Sabotage? Blame Green Mania Not Truckers for Fuel Unrest
The fuel protests now entering their fourth day are being treated by the 26-County government as a law-and-order headache, a public-order nuisance and, in Micheál Martin’s words, an act of “national sabotage”. That line is not just arrogant. It is...
The Irish Right’s Cart-Before-the-Horse Problem: A Reply to Cormac Lucey
The Irish Right has, in recent years, developed a curious habit. It has begun writing manifestos for a movement that does not yet exist. Policy papers are drafted. Platforms are proposed. Solutions are offered - often thoughtful, often detailed, sometimes...
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...
Kicking Paul Murphy Up the Arse: Don’t Let the Left Neuter the Irish Winter of Discontent
As Western Europe flexes itself for a winter of protests against extortionate energy bills, the science and mechanics of protests both warrant examination to gauge the abyss that lies ahead. One of the more satisfying protests I recently attended was...
Dublin Trucker Protest: Has Haulier Resistance Flatlined Already?
Populism came to town on wheels Monday with the commencement and subsequent cessation of what was supposed to be an indefinite blockade by truckers against rising fuel prices. Loosely organised around the haulier group ‘The People Of Ireland Against Fuel...
Thousands March In Dublin Against Irish Government’s New ‘Apartheid’ Legislation
Thousands marched in Dublin this Saturday afternoon in protest against controversial new government legislation described, which has been described by some as implementing a system of medical ‘segregation’ and ‘apartheid’ in the country. The Legislation, seemingly passed in response to...
Good News, Bad News
We, the Irish public, will be kept indoors until early May at least — wunderbar! The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) warns that even once the entire population is vaccinated, the virus will still be present and rolling lockdowns...