A Failure Of Irish Government And Irish Politics As 10,000 Left Homeless
How on earth has Ireland’s politics come to this? Degenerated so deeply that a sizeable body of elected representatives canContinue Reading
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The UK Concedes To EU Demands On Terms For Brexit Transition Deal
Despite the much-hyped talk of red lines and fighting the supposed “annexation” of its legacy territory in the north-east ofContinue Reading
British MPs Claim Irish Citizens Will Be Stripped Of Their EU Rights In The North
Yesterday’s publication of an updated report by a parliamentary committee in the United Kingdom on the possible future shape ofContinue Reading
Fixing Brexit? Declare The North Of Ireland A Special Economic Zone
With the isolationist wing of the governing Conservative Party in Britain determined to take the country out of the EuropeanContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s Full Speech To The Choctaw Nation On Behalf Of Ireland
On Tuesday the 23rd of March 1847, members of the indigenous Choctaw Nation in the populous region of Skullyville, Oklahoma,Continue Reading
Britain Prepares For Hard Border In Ireland, Rejecting Irish And European Pleas For Compromise
Facing the inevitable consequences of its inability – or unwillingness – to negotiate a fair Brexit deal with Brussels andContinue Reading
Freedom Of Information Request Reveals Count Of Cross-Border Roads Is Underway
If the United Kingdom is serious about not wanting to see the return of a “hard border” or militarised frontierContinue Reading
Theresa May Suggests US-Canada Style Border For Ireland Despite Armed Guards And Checkpoints
For the last two years the United Kingdom has insisted that there will be no new imposition of a formalContinue Reading
Theresa May’s Mansion House Brexit Speech, A Masterclass In Fantasy Politics
As predicted by her many critics, today’s much anticipated Brexit speech by Theresa May, the beleaguered prime minister of theContinue Reading
The Beast From The East Meets Storm Emma
Like most of the country, I’m hunkered down inside my home with the heat on full blast, waiting for theContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Moves From Dismissing A Hard Border In Ireland To Threatening It
One has to wonder if Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s tone-deaf Foreign Secretary, realised what he was implying when heContinue Reading
The Brexit Fantasists Long For The UK’s Hegemony Over All Of Ireland
A perfect example of the delusional thinking gripping the Brexit movement in the United Kingdom can be found in thisContinue Reading
The Cured, A New Zombie Movie Set In Ireland
I’m not a great fan of the zombie sub-genre, whether on television or in the cinema. That said, I didContinue Reading
Europe Lays Down The Law To Britain Over Future Peace And Prosperity In Ireland
It seems that the patience of the European Union with the prevarications of the United Kingdom over the post-Brexit futureContinue Reading
London’s Brexit Chaos Will Create A “Cold Split” Between The UK And The EU
It’s difficult to escape the conclusion that whatever agreements are made between now and the 29th of March 2019, theContinue Reading
Targeting Civilians: Settlers, Human Shields, And The Wars In Algeria And Ireland
The Nation has published a review of Zohra Drif’s acclaimed autobiography, Inside the Battle of Algiers: Memoir of a WomanContinue Reading
Google’s Irish And Dutch Accountancy Shields Billions Of Euros From Taxes
According to Bloomberg, in 2016 the Silicon Valley company behind the Google brand name, Alphabet Inc, transferred some €15.9 billionContinue Reading
Dublin Hints At Shared Authority With London Over The North Of Ireland
When it comes to the United Kingdom’s legacy colony in the north-east of Ireland, the political concepts, joint-sovereignty and joint-authorityContinue Reading
The Brexit Angst Of The Irish Revisionists
Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
Minister Suggests Giving Internet Corporations Access To Passport Details
I sometimes think that it’s almost impossible to underestimate the average politician’s desire for publicity, no matter how inane orContinue Reading
The Church Of Scientology Is Trying To Normalise Itself In Irish Society. Don’t Let It!
In recent years the covert growth of the pseudo-religious organisation known as the Church of Scientology has been delivered a seriesContinue Reading
The UK Hammers Its Own Brexit Deal With The EU And Ireland
Following several months of torturous negotiations, in the early hours of Monday the 4th of December, the government of theContinue Reading
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