Tag: Ireland
Will the Soul Survive Covid-19
The former Chief of Staff for Barack Obama’s White House once chimed ‘You never let a serious crisis go to waste’. Such thought is apt for the current global COVID-19 virus. The response from various countries has been similar in...
Red Faces at the Phoenix
Irish media has not been spared the recent Corona-induced downturn as the economy enters a prolonged viral hiatus. From the temporary lay-offs and streamlining of hacks at ‘Independent’ News and Media (INM), to a plethora of local titles hitting the...
The Programme for Government, not a Programme for Governance
The wait is over. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have finally revealed the Green Party’s manifesto as the basis for their coalition. There are 10 broad and vague areas of interest with which they are seeking to entice the journalists...
Keelings: or How to Lose Friends and Infect People
As Ireland enters into the second month of its quarantine outrage has emerged at the importation of Bulgarian labour by the Ballyboughal-registered fruit company Keelings. Announced over the past 24 hours, it has been revealed that the company had chartered...
Irish Antifa Project: Aoife Gallagher – Storyful
This is the latest part of an undercover investigation into the tacit and sometimes overt support for antifascist harassment among elements of the Irish media and political class. We advise you to listen to all leaked audio and read all...
Irish Antifa Project: NUIGSU Vice President/Welfare & Equality Officer Roisin Nic Lochlainn
This is the latest part of an undercover investigation into the tacit and sometimes overt support for antifascist harassment among elements of the Irish media and political class. We advise you to listen to all leaked audio and read all...
Irish Antifa Project: TCDSU President Laura Beston & Ethnic Minorities Officer Sé Ó hEidhin
This is the latest part of an undercover investigation into the tacit and sometimes overt support for antifascist harassment among elements of the Irish media and political class. We advise you to listen to all leaked audio and read all...
Dear USI Executive: Resign
In 2017 Katie Ascough stirred up controversy, and was eventually impeached due to her pulping of SU material containing advice for the procurement of an abortion. While a bugbear of the conservative right on campus, those who turned the knife...
Irish Antifa Project: Jacob Woolf
This is the fourth part of an undercover investigation into the tacit and sometimes overt support for antifascist harassment among elements of the Irish media and political class. We advise you to listen to all leaked audio and read all...
Irish Antifa Project: USI Deputy President Michelle Byrne, NUS-USI President Robert Murtagh, and USI President Lorna Fitzpatrick
This is the third part of an undercover investigation into the tacit and sometimes overt support for antifascist harassment among elements of the Irish media and political class. We advise you to listen to all leaked audio and read all...