Pope Leo XIV: Disrupting the Global Order
Habemus Papam! As bells rang out in the Vatican this evening, the world met the first American Pope, Robert Prevost. A little-known outsider for the role, his election further confirmed…
Brand Voice Bluster
Saturday marked Donald Trump’s 104th day of trolling the media as the 47th President. To celebrate, he posted an image of himself as Pope to a standard mixed response. The…
Kneecap: A Tortured Artist?
Coachella hit the headlines globally last week as Irish hip-hop trio, Kneecap, emblazoned their uncouth political message onstage. “F*** Israel, Free Palestine” was perhaps the most notable of their many…
Trump v The Socialist March
The battle going on between the Trump Administration and the Ivy League universities is not so much a battle of ideas as a struggle for power. With the rise of…
McGregor on Tucker
Last week, former Fox host Tucker Carlson touched down in Dublin to interview Conor McGregor. For the Irish immigration-skeptics, it was something between a galvanizing moment and an excuse to…
China and The Second Cold War
Liberation Day was not just about declaring the US independent of the rest of the world. It was about redrawing the lines. It was about identifying where the new Iron…
Poilievre Pushback
2025 was set to be a great year for Pierre Poilievre. Trump’s return to the White House forced out Justin Trudeau and the federal election looked likely to be a…
Tariffs and Liberation Day: What is it really about?
“Ah tariffs. It’s the most beautiful word in the dictionary”, Donald Trump has told us many times. Faced with criticism on both his left and right, Trump announced his ‘Liberation…
Avoiding Scrutiny: The Dáil Speaking Rights Debate
The Dáil sits today for another round of international embarrassment as it weighs a confidence motion in the Ceann Comhairle (Speaker), Verona Murphy. The 34th Dáil has been characterized by…
Crossed Signal: Strategic or Stupid?
I often wonder what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in a National Security Council meeting. Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, claims he was…