All posts by The Burkean

As Ethnic-Cleansing Beckons for Armenia Time to Take Ireland’s Azeri Lobby to Task

Most diplomats agree that it is only a matter of time before Azeri tanks cross the Armenian frontier yet again in what could be the final stand for the Christian nation’s statehood.  A series of alliances involving Turkey, Russia, and...

/ 20/01/2025

The Varadkar Foundation? What is Behind the Former Taoiseach’s United Ireland Pivot

We live in an era of liberal politicos reinventing themselves through backroom foundations and institutes. The Clintons mastered the trade in the late 90s only to be outdone recently by Tony Blair as his eponymous foundation became the rallying point...

/ 14/01/2025

The Journal.ie Could Be the Next Big Loser in Facebook’s DEI Purge

Since its 2010 debut, The Journal.ie—owned by the advertising moguls the Fallon Brother—has blurred the lines successfully between tabloid and broadsheet journalism in Ireland. While not as cash-strapped as its clickbait-heavy rival Joe.ie, The Journal has faced criticism within our...

/ 12/01/2025

The Department of Justice’s Chinese Visa Scandal and Ireland’s Security Timebomb

While Department of Justice mandarins work on the double to embargo the names of companies and foreign bodies that benefited from a multimillion-euro visa scam that granted access to Ireland and by extension the UK and EU, questions must now...

/ 05/01/2025

Finn McRedmond’s Vibe Shift: What Comes After Woke in Ireland?

Three weeks shy of a second Trump inauguration is perhaps a decent interval to assess the past decade or so of the culture wars and how the tea lives are looking for our Emerald Isle. A reluctantly Anglophone nation without...

/ 03/01/2025

Dalit Human Capital – Western People Need To Stop Being Stupid

The Indians and MAGA Libs won, and they will get what they want from the Trump administration. Right-wingers are stupid, and lost again.

/ 26/12/2024

Elections, Reflections: Part I

“I am alone against hordesI cannot stop nor let goI stand here in the long cold hoursalone against every foe.”An Táin Bó Cúailnge This is part of a series of articles by a diverse range of figures working in Irish...

/ 18/12/2024

When Fintan Met Derek: RTÉ Documentary Puts Irish Whiggism Under the Microscope

The rhetoric was trite. The narrative was stale. But while the hour-long RTÉ biopic on the life and times of Fintan O’Toole didn’t tell viewers anything new about the person it was covering it nonetheless revealed a lot about the...

/ 12/12/2024

TCD Trotskyist Tiff Brewing Over SU Disaffiliation?

House 6 off College Green is arguably People Before Profit's most influential albeit informal branch in existence. The college offices of Trinity College’s Student Union (TCDSU), the narrow left-wing circuit built around the organisation stumbles through each consecutive year through...

/ 11/12/2024

Athlone Standoff Shows Irish Asylum Saga Reigniting Post-Election

Fresh life is being breathed into the Republic’s asylum drama as Athlone locals faced off against authorities against plans to impose a 1,000-man refugee centre in the northern suburb of Lissywollen. Already subject to a well-attended public meeting, an intense...

/ 09/12/2024