Throughout Ireland’s prolonged lockdowns people have turned to online shopping as a way to meet their shopping desires. Companies like Amazon have profited massively during the pandemic while small Irish businesses remain closed by order of the government. One of the many sectors hit by the lockdowns is the traditional bookshop. If, like me, you […]
Co-authored with Daniel O’Dowd At exactly 5pm Irish time this afternoon, Donald Trump will be a private citizen again. His presidency will be at the mercy of history to judge – and judge it will. One could make an educated guess that his presidency will be described, in the short term at least, as four […]
The University of Chicago English Department has announced that it “is accepting only applicants interested in working in and with Black Studies” – meaning that students who wish to study english there will also have to take a course that many say draws its inspiration from the Black Lives Matter movement that includes the dismantling of the […]
This is not an article about cannibalism, but something which has led to cannibalism – socialism. Socialism is popular today among young college going students and people in their 30s and 40s. This is confirmed by survey after survey in the USA which reveals a decline in support for capitalism. Support for individual policies that […]
Talks between political parties to form a new government have been lingering on for weeks now and Aontú played its part in those talks on May 7th. In a letter obtained by Gript and information from a source inside Aontú who was involved in preparing for the talks between representatives of Fine Gael, Fianna Fail […]
This article is co-authored with Dara J Clooney Since the foundations of the state, our country has been ruled by two dominant parties. These parties are historically distinguishable only by their loyalty to two different men in the bitter division over the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 and many often say, Fine Gael and Fianna […]
In her 2007 autobiography, Infidel: My Life, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells an interesting story about her experience when arriving to Holland at age 20 as a refugee from Somalia. The story is a poignant yet simple one. Ayaan was amazed by two features of daily life in Holland which are, to you and me, things […]
As the General Election campaign trundles on, what was shaping up to be a straight shoot-out between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to lead the next government has been complicated by a surge for Sinn Féin in the polls. The two largest parties are not the electoral powerhouses they once were. Combined, their vote share […]
Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has launched a new public consultation on hate speech with the clear aim of implementing new, stricter laws around hateful speech which he said with certainty on Drivetime RTE a few days ago, “is becoming common in Ireland”. But, is it? Searching for stats on hate crimes in Ireland is surprisingly […]
Isn’t it ironic that those who would speak so passionately against fascists appear to think it’s acceptable to engage in violence to suppress views they disagree with? When I first saw the footage of National Party Leader, Justin Barrett, dripping with vanilla milkshake as he held a banner that read “Ireland belongs to the Irish”, […]
Drugs are not dangerous because they are illegal; they are illegal because they are dangerous. A child who reaches age 21 without smoking, misusing alcohol, or using illegal drugs is virtually certain to never do so. Today, most children don’t use illicit drugs, but all of them, particularly the poorest, are vulnerable to misuse and […]
Last week I wrote an article about the recent media response to a group of students, including myself, attending the Young America’s Foundation National Conservative Student Conference in Washington DC. In that article, I spoke about the media and political intolerance towards opinions or beliefs that stray outside the ‘acceptable’ set of ‘progressive’ left-wing social/economic […]