
Judge the Strength of a Democracy by its Treatment of Whistleblowers
In light of recent developments, not least, the announcement of Michael McGrath as the next…
In light of recent developments, not least, the announcement of Michael McGrath as the next…
U.S. President (1932-45) Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born into one of the most aristocratic families…
You might think of the film ‘The Rocky Road to Dublin’ as some dated artifact,…
Out of Ireland have we come. Great hatred, little room, Maimed us at the start.…
The intellectual decay associated with Jordan Peterson has provided the soil wherein Steve Bannon’s seedlings have germinated.
Five predictions for 2020: The Trump Card, an analysis of the Reuters Institute Digital News…
Today it is shameful to be unemployed and regarded as an achievement to sell oneself…
Long Term Patterns: the U.K. Prefers Oxford University-Educated Conservative Prime Ministers. Only Winston Churchill, and…
I especially enjoy visiting the Austrian side of my family around Salzkammergut during Christmas. The…
For anyone to become an opinion writer for the ‘paper of record’, the Irish Times,…
George Orwell has never been unfashionable, and is in vogue now more than ever. His…
In 2015 comic Frankie Boyle penned a darkly titled article ‘What if David Cameron…
As the United Kingdom inches perilously closer to a ‘no deal’ Brexit, Frank Armstrong recalls…
In 2016 the Department of Education and Skill’s outlined its latest scheme for Gaeltacht (designated…
Fact is a poor story-teller. It starts a story at haphazard, generally long before the…
Just a few years ago the prospect of Irish unity seemed remote. However, things are…
After working for the Mary Robinson Foundation – Climate Justice at global conferences, Sean McCabe…
I have previously warned that austerity economics and moral relativism are giving rise to a…
As a freshly UK-embedded Irish barrister I am adjusting from confronting Ireland’s problems to addressing…
THE LONG READ: In the last edition ‘How Irish Propaganda Operates’ explored how political and…