Tag: Foreign Policy
Ireland’s Foreign Policy Stagnation on Display at UCD Event
As a consequence of an increasingly unstable international situation throughout the past decade, contemporary European foreign policy has begun to change. Since the end of the Second World War, and exacerbated by the collapse of the Soviet Union, European interests...
Why is Ireland Pushing for Regime Change in Ethiopia?
Our Boys in the Tigray The expulsion of four of our diplomatic staff from the war weary nation of Ethiopia last November was met with bafflement by the general Irish population Experiencing a year-long civil war pitting northern Tigrayan rebels...
Dublin Fishing Flotilla: What Has Irish Fishermen Protesting?
A flotilla of fishing vessels sailed down into Dublin today to protest the loss of fishing quotas in both UK and Irish waters for Irish fishermen post-Brexit. The flotilla, boasting approximately 50 vessels, stopped outside the National Convention Centre, currently...
Cahersiveen: Irish Asylum System Enters Meltdown
Flanagan’s Folly : DP Outrage in Cahersiveen As the days go by it becomes transparent that ongoing turmoil has blown the lid off the long existing fiasco of the Direct Provision system. A cause célèbre for both the open borders...
Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv
Why Ireland should recognise Israel’s capital. I feel the need to preface this article with a few statements. I am not pro-Israel, I am not someone who always argues Israel’s corner, and I hold some very serious grudges with that...