The EU And Ireland Wins Major Concessions From Britain As DUP Sidelined
The final, much-delayed agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union – including, Ireland – has been published, spellingContinue Reading
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Lady Sylvia Hermon Castigates The Recklessness Of The DUP And Tories
Bar the elected representatives of the liberal-leaning Alliance Party and a handful of others, almost the entirety of pro-union opinionContinue Reading
Spokesperson Offers Paranoid Defence Of Trump-Backed Roy Moore
Taking a step away from the insanity that is Brexit politics in the United Kingdom, let us dip a toeContinue Reading
Unionism In Ireland Is Turning Brexit Into Its Political Death Warrant
The political humiliation of Theresa May, the inept prime minister of the United Kingdom, continues, with the news this morningContinue Reading
The DUP And Arlene Foster Blocks Compromise “Soft Border” Deal Between Ireland, The EU and Britain
Early on Monday morning it seemed as if several months of torturous negotiations between Dublin, Brussels and London had paidContinue Reading
Former UK Government Minister Links Brexit Animosity Towards Ireland To World War II
Another day and another round of bizarre opinions from politicians in Britain as the rancorous Brexit schism between the UnitedContinue Reading
The Madness Of Brexit Britain, From David Trimble To Iain Duncan Smith
The insanity continues. David Trimble, the former chief of the centrist Ulster Unionist Party, now eclipsed among pro-union voters inContinue Reading
Kate Hoey: The Irish “Will Have To Pay” For A Brexit Border In Ireland
If anything encapsulates the political insanity gripping the United Kingdom, surely it must be the sight of the reactionary LabourContinue Reading
Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald Resigns, Saving Fine Gael’s Minority Government
And with one bound she is gone! Or rather, with a few gentle nudges in the right direction from seniorContinue Reading
The Othering Of Mary Lou McDonald By The Right-Wing Press
Mary Lou McDonald is almost certain to be the next leader of Sinn Féin. Kim Bielenberg writes filler pieces forContinue Reading
Irish Government Report Details Europe’s Worries Over The “Chaos” Gripping Britain
For those of us who grew up under Fine Gael taoisigh like Garret Fitzgerald and John “Union Jack” Bruton, theContinue Reading
The UK Conspiracy Theory To Explain The Brexit Impasse With Ireland And EU
It has become standard fare among left-wing activists and politicians in the United Kingdom to accuse the political editor ofContinue Reading
The Stars Of YouTube: A Mischief Of Cannibalistic Rats
I’ve referred on a few occasions to the surprisingly insular world of political commentary on YouTube, where opposing networks ofContinue Reading
Irony Alert! Buzzfeed Condemns Partisan, For-Profit Clickbait Media Network
The American website, Buzzfeed, has carried out an investigation into the sprawling Italian media company, Web365, owned by the entrepreneurContinue Reading
Fine Gael’s Response To Homelessness: Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Homeless
It’s difficult to feel anything but outrage and disgust at the government’s passive response to the crisis of homelessness inContinue Reading
Marc Maron And Nick Di Paolo Offer Contrasting Views On The Louis CK Scandal
Given the consistent allegations of lewd behaviour towards female colleagues by the otherwise brilliant American comedian Louis CK, I haveContinue Reading
The DUP Hides The Source Of Its Anti-EU Brexit Donation
Despite numerous attempts by right-wing commentators in the United Kingdom to dismiss or downplay the issue, questions about the originsContinue Reading
The Remembrance Day Or Enniskillen Bombing, A Warning From History
On Wednesday the 28th of October 1987 the windows of a Renault 9 car parked outside a line of garages inContinue Reading
Trump-Nominated EPA Member Thinks The Air Is Too Clean
Well this is kind terrifying and a good illustration of the poisonous effect the Trump administration is having on theContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s Shamrock-And-Poppy Badge Inspired By UVF Terror Symbol
Judging by the adverse reaction on social media, I think it’s safe to say that yesterday’s perplexing decision by AnContinue Reading
The Paradise Papers And The Intricate Tax-Affairs Of Irish Celebrities
I must confess that I have yet to watch an episode of the joint BBC-RTÉ co-production, Mrs. Brown’s Boys, a bawdyContinue Reading
The Inevitable Unionist And Alt-Unionist Failure
On the issue of the United Kingdom’s poisonous legacy colony in Ireland it’s rare to find a bit of non-apologistContinue Reading
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