Boycott or no boycott?
The Irish Government announced its St. Patrick’s Day plans this morning. As usual, it disperses to every corner of the world in a diplomatic blitz like no other. Yet the…
Immigration and Crime
Over the weekend, another crime shocked Dublin. A Brazilian man - with prior drug-related arrests - allegedly went on a stabbing spree in Stoneybatter. The identity of the perpetrator has…
Occupied Territories Bill: the path to power?
Much of Ireland languishes in an imposed luddite existence after Storm Éowyn. Yet Sinn Féin is focusing on the conflict in the Middle East, not its own constituents. Politicians have…
Shilling For The Seanad
We’re in the final stretch of elections in Ireland: the new Government is in-office and the Seanad count is in progress. With the reduced influence of Ireland’s Upper House along…
A Program for Government
In a characteristically delayed approach to the new year, the new Irish Government will finally begin next week. After weeks of fairly uneventful negotiations in Dublin, Fianna Fáil and Fine…
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…
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…
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…