Sinn Féin May Need To Reform. But So Does Our News Media
According to the latest polling, from the “Oirish” edition of The Sunday Times, Sinn Féin is currently at the topContinue Reading
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According to the latest polling, from the “Oirish” edition of The Sunday Times, Sinn Féin is currently at the topContinue Reading
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
Tick-tock goes the Brexit clock. Or more accurately the Trexit clock since Britain has already exited the European Union andContinue Reading
I’ve some mixed views on the British journalist Owen Jones, who cleaves a little bit too much to the censoriousContinue Reading
Very few people would argue against the importance of air superiority in modern conventional warfare. From the bocage of NormandyContinue Reading
It’s somewhat ironic that one of the worst newspapers in the country, the editorially repugnant News Letter, is also homeContinue Reading
Some commentary from Saagar Enjeti, conservative co-host at the Rising, and Katie Halper, progressive film-maker and political journalist, examining theContinue Reading
As several commentators over at the Cedar Lounge Revolution have noted, the ideologically schizophrenic attitude of the Irish Times towardsContinue Reading
In a recent and rather pessimistic article for the News Letter the unionist commentator Alex Kane coined a pithy phrase toContinue Reading
For those of us concerned about the health of our families and friends, of our neighbours and co-workers, there isContinue Reading
The phrase “jumping the shark” describes the moment when a once popular television show attempts to revive its fortunes byContinue Reading
Some of the oldest descriptions of military helmets in Irish literature can be found in the earliest versions of theContinue Reading
On Saturday the socialist-leaning group-blog The Cedar Lounge Revolution published a post criticising the latest anti-lockdown rally organised in DublinContinue Reading
While the exact origins of the term “Britisher” are unknown, the Dutch or German influence in the formation of theContinue Reading
In the aftermath of the murder, or more accurately the assassination of the investigative journalist Veronica Guerin by the so-calledContinue Reading
Back in the day I’d occasionally find myself in the kitchen of a student house-party ambushed by a killjoy MaoistContinue Reading
If you have an interest in cult television and cinema can I suggest that you try the Benji and NickContinue Reading
The journalist John Lee has taken to the tabloid website Extra.ie to admonish Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon RyanContinue Reading
What on earth was going through the minds of the eighty-plus former and serving politicians, public officials, members of theContinue Reading
The popularity of “deepfake” technology has grown exponentially over the last few years, primarily through the availability of crude butContinue Reading
Just a quick post to note the premature passing of Michael Brooks, the political podcaster and online commentator, and oneContinue Reading
An interesting blog post here on the announcement by Britain’s Guardian newspaper that it is to reduce its staff byContinue Reading