All posts by The Burkean

Our Gallant Allies: What Ireland Can Learn from European Nationalism, A Conversation With Derek Blighe

Following Junes's European and local elections, The Burkean's Tadhg Pidgeon sat down with Derek Blighe to discuss trends emerging on the Continent and where Ireland could follow the lead. Shared with permission, the full episode is available from Spotify and...

/ 05/11/2024

The New Transatlantic Relationship: What Are Ireland’s Strategic Objectives for a Second Trump Term

Vengence is coming to the Potomac and all counts point to Leinster House being lamentably underprepared. Days shy of an American presidential election and even projections point to a second and likely proactive Trump White House term but in a...

/ 01/11/2024

Irish Hate Speech; Laws-What Happened, What We Learnt and What is Next

The dying days of the 33rd Dáil have seen a frantic legislative rush ahead of a now near-certain November 29th election date. Among these pieces of legislation is the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Bill, heavily enfeebled since government amendments effectively...

/ 25/10/2024

Portarlington’s Squatter Standoff and Mary Ward Update: October 17th, 2024 Asylum Roundup

Former Sinn Féin and now Independent Cllr. Aidan Mullins has drawn attention to a bizarre situation in which fifteen asylum seekers have been placed in a Co. Laois house despite having no right to be there. IPAS claims they have...

/ 17/10/2024

Sinn Féin Antifa Hardliner Falls to Sleaze Scandal with Underage Boy

Stormclouds are gathering over Sinn Féin’s election hopes presently as yet an internal scandal bleeds onto the national airwaves. Political pandemonium erupted Tuesday afternoon when it was revealed that former party senator Niall Ó Donnghaile had resigned from the party...

/ 15/10/2024

Agent Cobalt: Oireachtas Spy Scandal of MI5 Dirty Tricks

Weeks before a likely November election The Sunday Times Irish edition has again hit upon journalistic gold.  A potential honeypot operation at the beating heart of power in Leinster House implicating an as-of-yet anonymous Irish parliamentarian, a Russian embassy apparatchik...

/ 08/10/2024

Espionage War Beckons As Nationalists Declare Victory in Austria

East of the Shankill Road, Vienna is potentially the most perilous place to play politics in Europe. Now almost sixteen years to the day since the ambiguous death of nationalist leader Jörg Haider, his FPÖ party is again on the...

/ 30/09/2024

In Memoriam: Jeff Gallagher

Jeff Gallagher, father, businessman, community pillar and Irish patriot died at age 46 on Wednesday 18th of September, dearly missed by friends and family. He is survived by his mother, 2 sisters, wife and 2 children. Jeff came from humble...

/ 19/09/2024

Report: Mexican Cartels Are Getting Their Hooks Into Dublin Airport

Findings made public by the Revenue Commissioner and Gardaí point to a booming presence of Latin American cartels in Ireland as reports describe a developing new trend of desperate favela dwellers being used as drug mules through Dublin Airport. Having...

/ 16/09/2024

Nationalist Rep Asks: Where Are All The Irish Gone?

This evening in the Fingal County Council chamber, Councillor Patrick Quinlan of the National Party put in a motion to clarify how much of the waiting list for local social housing stock is actually made up of Irish people. "To...

/ 09/09/2024