Pharmacies across Europe have run out of iodine tablets as people panic-buy in anticipation of a potential nuclear conflict. The development comes as fears grow that the conflict in Ukraine could escalate to a hot war between nuclear-armed Russia and NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the heavy Western sanctions leveled against his […]
The fact is that once again, the Irish Government has made a fairly big and emotional commitment to people without considering, even for a moment, the practicality of their plan.
With the digitalisation and globalisation of the world, we now have countless companies who have truly global power. Power which, we have just discovered, they are willing and able to deploy for explicitly political goals.
Let cooler heads reign
No matter what your perspective is on the Russia-Ukraine invasion politically, one thing is inarguable: the human cost of this conflict is enormous. This is clearly one of the most cut and dry cases of a refugee crisis we have seen in Europe in years. While the legitimacy of many alleged asylum claims to Europe […]
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Echoes of the “Emergency”
President Zelensky, the toast of the western world, is not a perfect Democrat. But we cannot be blinded by contrarianism.
False hope
It is hard to see any case, at this stage, other than that this whole thing has been a monumental strategic disaster for the Russians, from start to finish
According to AA Ireland, petrol and diesel costs are at record highs as Applegreen warns of massive increases in fuel costs for consumers. The comments come as fuel prices soar across Europe due to a variety of factors. These include inflation, supply chain issues from the Covid lockdown, government charges like Carbon Tax, and overreliance […]
ISIS have celebrated Russia’s war in Ukraine, calling it “divine punishment” and expressing hope that the conflict will spread to other European countries. According to an editorial in ISIS magazine Al Naba (“The News”), the Russian invasion of Ukraine is “divine punishment” sent upon the European “infidels” by Allah. They say that the conflict “will […]