You won’t see much criticism of this proposal from Sinn Fein in the rest of the Irish media, but it’s the height of hypocrisy, not to mention a very bad idea: “A NEW BILL to prevent broadcasters from banning journalists from appearing on their airwaves because of their employer will be brought forward in Dáil […]
If it weren’t so weird, the Extinction Rebellion would be hilarious. Watching a bunch of entitled middle class morons who are convinced that they have insider knowledge of our imminent demise is comical. But once you get a group of brainless, time rich hysterics from a foliage wearing death cult together in one place, things […]
The left’s embrace of climate change as a central part of its platform is in some ways a curious marriage. There has always been a pastoral rural element on the left which was suspicious of growth, but that tended to be either anarchist or agrarian populist in nature. The Marxist oriented or originated left has […]
There isn’t a lot to say about this budget in terms of income taxes, which at the end of the day is all that most normal people really care about. You should feel sorry for the poor guys over at the Irish Times and the Irish Independent who have to write six-page budget supplements for […]
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”, […]
Monday sees the beginning of a week in which Extinction Rebellion is threatening to close down parts of Dublin city centre. If successful, it will lead to great inconvenience for people travelling to work, school, hospital, the pub, or whatever else they may wish to do on whatever particular day these narcissists choose to impose […]
The veritable nail has been hammered into the coffin of Irish TV comedy with RTE’s newest attempt to pander to the cultural Zeitgeist. If you haven’t seen ‘Comedy Showcase’, don’t bother. It’s dreadful. After watching one clip of ‘Bump’ I couldn’t help but wonder- what the hell happened in the seven years since The Savage […]
The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa is by far the biggest EU trust fund in existence. It emerged from the EU-Africa migration summit in Valletta in November 2015 with the aim of “fostering stability and to contribute to better migration management, including by addressing the root causes of destabilisation, forced displacement and irregular migration.” […]
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. George Orwell, 1984 The recommendation of the National Council for Curriculum Assessment that the teaching of history remain an optional subject for the Junior Cert hardly came as a surprise. Anyone who read the 2016 NCCA background […]
Good news, folks. After what feels like a lifetime of waiting, a new, true, fully socialist Irish movement is here. Paul Murphy has finally stepped forward, to offer the people the revolutionary leadership we have all waited so many years for: “Speaking at the launch in Dublin today, Murphy said that after a year-long debate […]
A combination of anonymity, invulnerability, and defensiveness causes Twitter users to revert to a form of pre-civilization, in which kill-or-be-killed defines the conditions of exchange.
The Irish Medical Council has produced an updated version of the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners. The most relevant changes follow the Ireland’s new abortion law. Let’s consider them in detail. Section 48 of the Guide was titled “Abortion” in the previous editions while now the euphemism “termination of pregnancy” is […]