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The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU’s new Copyright Directive, with 438 MEPs favouring the controversial draftContinue Reading
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The European Parliament has voted in support of the EU’s new Copyright Directive, with 438 MEPs favouring the controversial draftContinue Reading
A few weeks ago I had a brief reminder of why Google remains the king of internet search engines, eclipsingContinue Reading
It’s probably too early in the race for Áras an Uachtaráin to pay overmuch attention to the mixed slate ofContinue Reading
The solidly pro-union newspaper, The News Letter, has launched an editorial campaign to revise the contested history of the Irish-BritishContinue Reading
By the summer of 1993 the international press was full of speculation about the future course of the so-called “Troubles”Continue Reading
When it comes to the rise of the neo-right in the “West”, it’s interesting to note that much of theContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s love-hate relationship with the press is well-known, as is his desire to control “the story”. However the FineContinue Reading
With all the focus on the implementation of the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR, very fewContinue Reading
Was the British Minister Theresa May onto something a few weeks ago when she indicated to some of her ConservativeContinue Reading
One of the more noxious effects associated with the rise of Brexitism in the United Kingdom has been the returnContinue Reading
The extraordinary reaction of the ideological right-wing in the United States to the 20 minute comedy routine of the formerContinue Reading
If one were searching for a perfect metaphor to illustrate the impossibility of the United Kingdom reimposing any type ofContinue Reading
Speaking of right-wing politics, Britain’s leading apologist for its colonial misadventures in Ireland, the novelist Ruth Dudley Edwards, has takenContinue Reading
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in Britain seems to have a bit of a myopic soft spot for its former columnist,Continue Reading
In some ways the Daily Express is the also-ran of right-wing newspapers in the United Kingdom. Considerably smaller and withContinue Reading
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, whichContinue Reading
Out of legal necessity, one needs to tread very carefully while discussing the emerging scandal at Independent News & MediaContinue Reading
The weekend revelations about the transformation of the Sinclair Broadcast Group in the United States into the Pravda of AmericanContinue Reading
Several years ago, the Irish press was rife with speculation about the rumoured presidential ambitions of one of its own:Continue Reading
Channel 4 News in Britain has released another piece from its undercover investigation into the clandestine activities of the well-connectedContinue Reading
As I wrote in a previous article, while I follow a number of channels on YouTube offering commentary on politicalContinue Reading
The origins of the internet magazine, Spiked, lie in the demise of the United Kingdom’s controversial – and latterly, oddballContinue Reading