Category: International
Visa Diplomacy: West African Carnage Will Have Asylum Blowback for Ireland
Has the African coup mania of the past two years paved the way for a cataclysmic regional war that will send another swarm of migrants hurtling toward Europe? Almost certainly so. The overthrow of a tinpot pro-Western regime in Niger...
INAR’s Islamist Links? Muslim Brotherhood Linked NGO Helps Lobby For Irish Hate Speech Laws
The droning voice of Shane O'Curry is a regular in almost any media discussion on hate crime or the far right in Ireland as his anti-racist NGO INAR (Irish Network Against Racism) plays a kingmaker role in both hate speech...
Irish Defence Forces Will Return to Africa: Chief of Staff
Amidst the Defence Forces’ temporary retraction from its African intervention missions, the Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces, Lieutenant General Seán Clancy, has said in an interview with the Irish Times that he foresees future engagements and African...
Tánaiste to Waste more Time and Money on Mozambique & South Africa
The Department of Foreign Affairs has announced that the Tánaiste Micheál Martin, beginning on the 17th of July, will visit Mozambique and South Africa in a week-long diplomatic visit. The apparent reason for the visit is to bolster the bilateral...
Nature Restoration Law: Fine Gael Ignites the Fuse on Agrarian Populism?
What do Fine Gael MEPs and the Bavarian Communists have in common? Apparently a revulsion to sheep farmers (here, those west of the Shannon) as the socially demented Nature Restoration Law cleared the European Parliament today 324 votes to 312...
Tusla Grooming Scandal: Rotherham Syndrome Spreads to Ireland?
While RTÉ immolates from a slow-burning pay scandal, could the national child protection agency Tusla be the next state organ to be hit with accusations of impropriety? The organization has been plagued with horrific mishaps since its foundation in 2013,...
Ireland, the EU and the Superpower That Stumbled
Eurosceptics would do well to look beyond the totalitarian bluster of the EU to see a bloc struggling to keep its head above geopolitical water. While Europhilia remains just as toxic to Irish national aspiration as it was in 2021,...
Happy 4th of July. America is Over.
White people have, broadly speaking, no business living outside Europe at this point. It's time to go home. Covid, recessions, wars, riots, technological upheaval - recently we have witnessed frequent major incidents or crises that seem to change the political...
Civil War? No, But French Riots Still a Political Game Changer
Monday afternoon, and it's increasingly clear that the forces of the French Republic are gaining the upper hand against the Arab rioters who have hammered the nation the past week. The French intifada of 2023 ends with a remarkably low...
The Azure Forum: NATO’s Irish Think-Tank?
Established in 2019, the Azure Forum is a British foreign policy think-tank based in Ireland. Largely flying under the public’s radar, the Azure Forum has been active in foreign policy debates in the media and pro-Atlanticist media circles. Protecting National...