When you or I see the tricolour flying in Artane or Coolock, we might think of Ireland. When they see it, they think of Donald Trump or Nigel Farage or Marine LePen.
There’s an inherent belief in official Ireland that certain ideologies are not truly “Irish”. It’s wrong.
Confession: I cannot figure out for the life of me what readers will make of this. On the one hand, it’s one in the eye for west brit lackeys like me, and presumably the membership of Fine Gael, who’s favourite part of the year is when “Rule Britannia” comes on at the end of the […]