About The Author

Dr Matt Treacy

Author and Commentator. Matt has published a number of books including histories of the republican movement and of the Communist Party of Ireland. He is currently working on a number of other books which will in 2020.

Author: Dr Matt Treacy

Cardinal Mindszenty’s resistance to Nazism and communism made him a hero and a hate figure

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | Mar 31, 2020 | Comment World

The birth date of former Primate of Hungary and one of the most important Churchmen of the 20th...

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O’Neills are now making protective equipment – they could teach the Government how to stand on our own two feet

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | Mar 29, 2020 | Comment Ireland

One of the myths being fostered during the virus crisis is that Ireland is pluckily standing on...

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Typhoid Mary: a refusal to isolate or practice social distancing

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | Mar 28, 2020 | Comment Ireland

Mary Mallon was born in Cookstown, county Tyrone in 1869. She emigrated to America in 1884 or 1885...

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No, the Covid-19 measures do not amount to socialism

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | Mar 26, 2020 | Comment Ireland

Certain liberal left politicians are celebrating some of the measures implemented to tackle the...

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COVID-19: What we can learn from the deadly Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918

Posted by Dr Matt Treacy | Mar 18, 2020 | Culture

Prior to the current Covid scare the last great pandemic was the 1918 Great Influenza outbreak. It...

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