Category: Politics
All around the world elections are being fought online
It makes sense to fight on the battleground that suits us. (This article is syndicated with permission from https://joblog.substack.com/p/all-around-the-world-elections-are) There are seven months to go to the Local and European elections and maybe not much more than that until the...
Conor McGregor Migration Tweets: Dogwhistle or Nationalist Embrace?
Over the past two years or so, it has become evident that there is at least one Irish celebrity partially on our side. That celebrity being Conor McGregor. He has regularly posted tweets of an Irish nationalist nature even going...
Hate Speech Arrests Have Already Begun in Ireland
The following article first appeared on Substack and is syndicated with permission. In the last month, three people have been arrested in the Republic for holding up signs at protests. One man in Portlaoise was arrested, held for over 6...
Government Migration Row Brings Coalition to Brink
The coalition Government has been brought to the brink this week by escalating rows over the state’s migration policy. Having been described as the “the most divisive, heated discussions” since the formation of the Government, this Tuesday Minister Roderic O'Gorman...
Government Spends Billions on Refugees but Refuses Irish People Humanitarian Aid
Locals in Wexford were told by the government that they would not receive aid after a freak weather disaster destroyed their lives. The same government literally sends billions abroad for the same situation; the only difference is that they're happy...
Stakeknife: The Spy Who Made Modern Ireland
Freddie Scappaticci, Stakeknife was, according to the book’s blurb, “the British spy who played a leading role in the British intelligence war against the Provisional IRA.” Stakeknife, along with John Joe McGee, another British plant, infamously ran the IRA’s Nutting...
Poland Packs It In: Ukraine is Not Ready for the Long War
Following a spat over Ukrainian grain swamping European markets, Poland has stopped the export of any further war materials to Ukraine in their war against Russia. Warsaw may not be considered to be a major military power in the eyes...
Newbridge Says No: Massive Turnout on Wednesday Evening
Wednesday 27th of September at 7pm there was a sizeable protest outside The Gables Guest House and Leisure Centre in Newbridge. Locals were voicing their concerns after a busload of foreign men were spotted taking up residence in the building....
Ireland’s New Electoral Commission and its powers: Another victory for the government in their war against Free Speech
In what might seem (to the untrained eye) to be another humdrum quango involved in the tedious business of organising elections lie many grave threats to Ireland’s struggling democracy. Ireland’s new Electoral Commission, founded in April of this year, will...
Solidarity Sabotaged? Infighting Cripples Left Response to Posie Parker in Dublin
It would have been hard to avoid the sense that some degree of change is on the cards Sunday, as Dublin's fair city played host to two well-attended Right-leaning events against a glaringly lacklustre response from the Left. On Merrion...