The decidedly unWoke American socialist Upton Sinclair once declared: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” Sinclair wrote scathingly about conditions in the Chicago slaughterhouses of the early 20th century. His adage might equally perhaps be applied to some of those who have […]
Amidst all of the panic induced by the moves towards restricting travel to Ireland from overseas, several things appear to catch the attention. RTÉ’s Primetime made a big show of “calling out” people arriving back to Dublin on flights having either been on holidays as tourists, or as Spanish students and others who live here and […]
No doubt Bruce Springsteen the great union man is busy as we speak penning a ballad of outrage at the closing down of the Keystone XL pipeline that would have taken oil from Alberta in Canada to the Texas Gulf. It was one of those things Biden had been nailed on during his TV debates […]
As reported here a week ago, not only were work permits being issued to people coming from outside of the EU, but a large number had arrived in the first weeks of January from Brazil. Yes, from the country with the “deadly new strain” of the Covid virus. And as sure as night follows day, […]
Wexford Sinn Féin TD Johnny Mythen has become the latest of that party’s representatives to become the target of the Woke. His crime? Well, did he not have the temerity to ask the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar yesterday how many of the new jobs to be created by an offshore wind factory will go to Irish […]
On Friday last, January 15, Dublin City Council announced the closing of the public consultation on the proposed pedestrianization of the east end of Dame Street as part of a projected College Green Plaza. Over 90% of those who made submissions approved of the option that would close the street to most traffic between College […]
In 2020 up to the end of November, there were 15,295 work permits issued to non EU nationals. The total for the previous year including renewals was 16,380. It is quite likely then, given the numbers who have arrived since Christmas from Brazil that the total of permits granted last year was very similar to, […]
The controversial – some would say deeply suspicious – World Economic Forum which readers may be familiar with as the promoter of the “Great Reset” which would entail the radical overhauling of the global economic system, continues to pump up the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative. The BRI is a massive programme of investment which was […]
One of the most important voices in the international pro life movement, Obianuju Ekeocha, has had something to say about the current purge of social media inspired by the Big Tech/Democrat taking of the White House. Referring to Twitter’s banning of large numbers of critical voices which has seen the closure or blocking of a […]
The resignation of Damien Duff as the Irish international soccer coach was seemingly a direct consequence of the FAI’s cringing response to a video played by Manager Stephen Kenny’s staff prior to the team’s defeat by England last November. As reported here at the time, the video included footage related to the 1916 Rising and […]
As reported here last month, the number of applications for “international protection” for asylum seekers to Ireland has fallen due to the Covid restrictions, but not to the extent to which it might have been expected given that overall international travel had fallen more sharply than the numbers of people arriving here to apply for […]
Naturally, the announcement prior to Christmas that the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna Covid vaccines were good to go came as a great relief to people who at last could see an end to the “new normal.” However, as Gary Kavanagh pointed out on this platform here, the initial optimism has been tempered, with many questioning […]