Leo Varadkar Equates Being A Protestant With Being British In Ireland
Given the patently racist accusations made against him by right-wing British journalists and publications over the years, with allegations ofContinue Reading
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History, And The Peace Process, Has Proven Roy Greenslade Right About The Troubles
The current furore in the London press over an article by the veteran British journalist and newspaper editor Roy GreensladeContinue 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
Bobby Storey, Paddy Holohan And Sinn Féin’s Very Bad Week In Opposition
This week should have seen Sinn Féin in the sunny uplit lands of opposition, to borrow a phrase from UKContinue Reading
The UK’s Coronavirus Response. Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know
Over the last few days I have had a rather testy exchange by email with a commentator from a northernContinue Reading
Hillary Clinton And The Vendetta By Conservative Democrats Against Bernie Sanders
While many voters and commentators now regard Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as different sides of the same political orContinue Reading
Powerful Ard Chomhairle Versus Powerful National Executive
When is a party Ard Chomhairle not a sinister and shadowy body acting purely in its own interests, dictating decisionsContinue Reading
Sinn Féin Jumps In New Polls, Fine Gael Suggests Grand Coalition With Fianna Fáil
If Sinn Féin went into the general election with the widespread belief that it was going to suffer serious lossesContinue Reading
Fine Gael And Sinn Féin Jostle For Second Place In New Poll?
In recent years I’ve tended to treat many of the more headline-making figures from polling by the Sunday Times/Behaviour &Continue Reading
The Bomb Attacks On The Homes Of Gerry Adams And Bobby Storey
It is difficult to know what one should make of the “bomb” attacks on the Belfast homes of Gerry Adams, theContinue Reading
David Davis, Britain’s Brexit Minister, Makes False Claims About Ireland’s Border Concerns
Following on from a statement to a gathering of shocked MEPs in Brussels by a senior representative of the LabourContinue Reading
Sinn Féin Republican Youth Returns To Better Known Title, Ógra Shinn Féin
Like many observers of the minutiae of Irish politics, I was somewhat puzzled by Sinn Féin’s decision in 2012 toContinue Reading
