Category: Politics
Exiting History: The Myth of the Bipolar World
The ‘End of History’ has been postponed. Fukuyama, its author, assures us that ‘the spirit of 1989 is not dead…and is being reawakened’ by the Ukrainian conflict'. The End of History and the triumph of liberalism is still there. According...
Will Irish Students Lose Out Amid Asylum Surge in September?
Food for thought: The decision yet again to postpone Leaving Cert results this year could possibly mask a government attempt to buy time as the ongoing asylum surge looks set to muscle Irish students from the accommodation market. Ostensibly driven...
Rally for Life Returns to Dublin in Force
Ireland’s pro-life contingent rallied yesterday on Dublin’s streets energised by the American Roe vs Wade ruling. Organised by the Life Institute it is the first time since 2019 that the rally has occurred in person owing to lockdown restrictions. Beginning...
The Greasy Till: DP Moran, Yeats and Ireland’s Emergent Catholic Bourgeoisie
Introduction “As regards Ireland, our feelings were curious… We intended as good Protestants and Loyalists to keep the papists under our feet. We impoverished them, though we loved them, and their religion by its doctrine of submission and obedience unintentionally...
After Repeal: Why I Turned Against the Abortion Movement
On Saturday the 2nd of July, I will be attending the annual all Ireland rally for life in Dublin. Only this will not be the first time I will be attending the march. I attended the same event over ten...
St. Teresa’s: What Led to a Dublin Church Flying the LGBT Flag
Last year The Burkean covered the flying of and the subsequent controversy around the raising of a LGBT flag to mark the month of Pride at a Ballyfermot church. Contravening stipulations allowing only the tricolour and Vatican flag to be...
A Final Word to Patriotic Students: Christian Brothers Irish History Reader (1905)
The following are the concluding remarks in the 1905 edition of the Christian Brothers History Reader intended to imbue students with a sense of patriotism. Dear young friends, you are the offspring of an ancient race. Far, far back, in...
Rally for Life to Return July 2nd
The first national Rally for Life in two years will be held in Dublin on Saturday July 2nd, organised by the Life Institute. The Rally had become a staple for Pro-Life activists over the last number of years, culminating in...
Carol Nolan Breaks Dáil Taboo on Immigration
The self regulated omerta on mass migration was broken in the Dáil today with criticisms aired by Independent TD Carol Nolan on unsustainable levels of asylum related inward migration into the state. Finding fault with the government’s failure to provide...
Dear Varadkar: Globalism, not Nationalism, is the Ideology that will Leave You with Nothing
It is rare that national media outlets refer to nationalism, and on the few times they do, they are almost always decrying it as an evil - and so was the case still when Leo Varadkar complained that his Government’s...