FF-FG’s New Mudguard? Regional Independents and GE24
The dust has settled after the election of 29 November 2024 General Election. While in some corners the failure of any Nationalist candidate to be elected has resulted in fighting and the blame game, this only serves to highlight how...
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.
The Dangerous Folly of “No Political Solution” and the Irish Right
In every election, social media addicts jump up and down to declare this was Ireland’s “last chance”. Sometimes they’ll hurriedly throw their name on the ballot and run amateur campaigns, before declaring that the results were either rigged or making...
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...
A Nationalist Strategy for the Seanad Elections
The following article first appeared in June in Meon Journal and is syndicated with permission. Neither the figures given nor the text has been altered. Many people don’t have a clue how the Seanad works, what its purpose is, or...
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...
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...
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...
After Assad: Ireland’s Role in Fueling Syria’s New Islamist Wave
The downfall of the al-Assad regime is being treated as a Syrian Berlin Wall moment within Irish diplomatic circles as evidenced by upbeat statements by An Taoiseach and similar signaling by the DFA. Away from traditional Irish foreign policy stomping...
Gombeenism: Can’t Bate It, Join It!
Gombeenism is a pervasive disease of the Irish political scene. We all know it. "I wouldn't be a fan of Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael but sure, yer man is sound, didn't he fix the roads!?". It seems like in Ireland, we...