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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A Partisan History Of The Name IRA
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
UK Leader Boris Johnson Heads For No Deal Cliff But Will He Jump?
Tick-tock goes the Brexit clock. Or more accurately the Trexit clock since Britain has already exited the European Union andContinue Reading
Mary Lou McDonald: “A United Ireland Will Happen Within A Decade”
I’ve some mixed views on the British journalist Owen Jones, who cleaves a little bit too much to the censoriousContinue Reading
Drone Warfare Tips The Balance In Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
Very few people would argue against the importance of air superiority in modern conventional warfare. From the bocage of NormandyContinue Reading
The Irish Sea Border, Brought To You By The DUP
It’s somewhat ironic that one of the worst newspapers in the country, the editorially repugnant News Letter, is also homeContinue Reading
Censoring The Hunter Biden And Joe Biden Controversy
Some commentary from Saagar Enjeti, conservative co-host at the Rising, and Katie Halper, progressive film-maker and political journalist, examining theContinue Reading
Irish Times Platforms Anti-Lockdown Fake Science
As several commentators over at the Cedar Lounge Revolution have noted, the ideologically schizophrenic attitude of the Irish Times towardsContinue Reading
Irish Leaders North And South Are Less Than Inspiring
In a recent and rather pessimistic article for the News Letter the unionist commentator Alex Kane coined a pithy phrase toContinue Reading
The Anti-Lockdown Neo-Right And Their Media Fellow-Travellers
For those of us concerned about the health of our families and friends, of our neighbours and co-workers, there isContinue Reading
Slugger O’Toole. Just Another Right-Wing Voice In The Irish Media?
The phrase “jumping the shark” describes the moment when a once popular television show attempts to revive its fortunes byContinue Reading
Irish Iron Age And Medieval Helmets
Some of the oldest descriptions of military helmets in Irish literature can be found in the earliest versions of theContinue Reading
Stopping The Far-Right; Enabling The Far-Right
On Saturday the socialist-leaning group-blog The Cedar Lounge Revolution published a post criticising the latest anti-lockdown rally organised in DublinContinue Reading
The Britishers’ Flexible Interpretation Of International Law
While the exact origins of the term “Britisher” are unknown, the Dutch or German influence in the formation of theContinue Reading
Melania Trump And The Triumph Of Greed
In the aftermath of the murder, or more accurately the assassination of the investigative journalist Veronica Guerin by the so-calledContinue Reading
Sendero Luminoso, Peru’s Shining Path Movement
Back in the day I’d occasionally find myself in the kitchen of a student house-party ambushed by a killjoy MaoistContinue Reading
The Benji And Nick Show, A Cult TV And Movie Podcast
If you have an interest in cult television and cinema can I suggest that you try the Benji and NickContinue Reading
The Continuity State Speaks. Forget Golfgate. Fear The Shinners!
The journalist John Lee has taken to the tabloid website Extra.ie to admonish Micheál Martin, Leo Varadkar and Eamon RyanContinue Reading
The Oireachtas Golf Society: The Golden Circle At Play
What on earth was going through the minds of the eighty-plus former and serving politicians, public officials, members of theContinue Reading
Deepfake Technology Brings You Tom Selleck As Indiana Jones
The popularity of “deepfake” technology has grown exponentially over the last few years, primarily through the availability of crude butContinue Reading
RIP Michael Brooks
Just a quick post to note the premature passing of Michael Brooks, the political podcaster and online commentator, and oneContinue Reading
The Guardian, Champion Of The Identity Class Not The Working Class?
An interesting blog post here on the announcement by Britain’s Guardian newspaper that it is to reduce its staff byContinue Reading
