Will State Subsidies Kill Irish Journalism’s Credibility?
While the Hate Speech Bill was binned faster than Simon Harris’ tenure as the ‘TikTok Teesh’, the remaining systematic vestiges of its enforcement mechanism remain fully reusable by the long arm of the Media Commission. Styled Comisiún na Meán to...
Mass Migration and the Origins of the Irish Housing Crisis
Despite the economic recovery that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil keep reminding the public about, homeownership remains an ambition confined to those willing to sacrifice their blood, sweat, and tears to achieve. Even during the economically murky era of the...
Debunking The Guardian’s Version of Irish Identity
A recent piece in Britain’s leading publication in moral lecturing and liberal preening The Guardian is reminding Irish people, amid a wave of nativist rage and anger, that they are in fact mongrels or “a mixed bunch” and should therefore embrace open...
RTÉ – Ireland’s Fifth Column
When Ireland’s national broadcaster was launched on New Year's Eve in 1961 President Eamon de Valera compared it to atomic energy - it would either make or break the Irish race. “Never before was there in the hands of men...