House of Burke: The Problem of Exaggeration
Sean Burke, patriarch of the infamous family, is in prison for assaulting a police officer in court. That is, after he refused a suspended sentence and told the court he…
Death to Diplomacy: The Ireland-Israel War
‘Irish Twitter’ rocked with moral self-aggrandizement yesterday on the news that Israel will close its embassy to Ireland. This follows an ever-growing list of diplomatic offenses by Ireland to Israel,…
Hayes-gate: Crisis Management in Reverse
As the scandal around Eoin Hayes continues into eternity, it seems as though Irish politicians are in a competition for the worst crisis management strategies. Mere weeks ago, Simon Harris…
Trump 2.0: The Democrat Approach
The world is adjusting to the prospect of another Trump term in the US. The Democrats suffered a defeat far worse than 2016. Not only did Kamala Harris lose the…
Eoin Hayes and the Palantir Problem
Another election, another major scandal involving the Social Democrats and the Middle East. During the Local Elections in June, the party came under fire for deselecting a Jewish candidate for…
Trump: Projecting Strength
As Notre Dame de Paris was re-presented to the world in all its recovered grandeur, so too was Donald Trump. After nearly half a decade of being burnt out and…
Lawfare: The New Conquest
In our supposedly “post-war” society, we are sometimes quick to look back at the military conquests of history and consider it all so quaint. In the 21st century, we feel…
The Fall of Barnier
It’s been a busy week in politics around the world. Ireland had an election; Biden gave a sweeping pardon to his son; South Korea briefly enforced martial law; and the…
Sinn Féin: The Perennial Opposition?
Another election, another ‘FFFG’ government. Sinn Féin is in with a real shot at government for the first time since 1918, but only as a minor coalition partner. For eight…
Irish Conservatism is dead. Long live Irish Conservatism!
After three days, the count is finally over. There was one big loser in this election and it wasn’t the Green Party. It was Irish conservatism. The semblance of a…