One of Sinn Féin’s biggest critiques of the Irish government is that parties like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are not serious about military neutrality. In the run-up to the 2019 local election, Sinn Féin urged the public to “defend neutrality” by voting for them “because others can’t be trusted.” They added that “you can’t […]
“These sanctions may backfire, and it could very well be us that end up revolting against our leaders”
You know that our country is in a bad position when we’re in the midst of a major crisis, and the people in charge think that key words mean the precise opposite of what they actually mean. This week, amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Simon Coveney decided to tell the Dáil […]
Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the push to end Irish neutrality is now in full swing, with the government dragging the public kicking and screaming towards yet another woefully unpopular policy change. They did it with raising our corporate tax rate (which the public opposed). They did it with carbon tax (which the public opposed). And […]