The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire
The 2017 documentary by the filmmaker Michael Oswald and the economist John Christensen examining the United Kingdom’s transformation into a global financialContinue Reading
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The 2017 documentary by the filmmaker Michael Oswald and the economist John Christensen examining the United Kingdom’s transformation into a global financialContinue Reading
It’s probably too early in the race for Áras an Uachtaráin to pay overmuch attention to the mixed slate ofContinue Reading
Am I the only one who believes that the “breathalyser tests” scandal in An Garda Síochána is failing to receiveContinue Reading
So Enda Kenny’s premiership has survived for another day following last night’s unsuccessful vote in Dáil Éireann on the proposed motion of no confidence inContinue Reading
The latest scandal blowing through the ranks of an Garda Síochána, and through the “state” more generally, will be familiar enough to regular readersContinue Reading
Whatever one’s feeling about the past business affairs of Mick Wallace, there is no doubt that the Independents 4 ChangeContinue Reading
In 2011 the United Kingdom introduced a government-backed scheme known as the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), a payment system encouragingContinue Reading
Repeated allegations of systemic corruption have been made by independent politicians and journalists against sections of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’sContinue Reading
In relation to the latest evidence of malpractice within the ranks of An Garda Síochána, one cannot but help feelContinue Reading
Here we go again! It seems that Ireland has gone from the Land of Saints and Scholars to the Land ofContinue Reading
For at least four decades allegations of systemic corruption have swirled around sections of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s nationalContinue Reading
If you are anything like me you probably enjoyed watching the great and the good of the Irish press corps squirmingContinue Reading
If you don’t follow the blog “Tom’s Dispatch” by the American journalist and editor Tom Engelhardt you are missing out on someContinue Reading
The importation, sale and production of illegal narcotics generates huge revenues for organised criminal gangs and their associates in mostContinue Reading
One definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result each time. SoContinue Reading
The Mahon Tribunal has finally published its long-awaited report and like the lifting of the proverbial rock all sorts of nastiness hasContinue Reading