We often hear that perhaps we should be “more realistic” and compromise on basic positions in order to “win over people” or even worse “get more positive media coverage”. We…
As one passes Smithfield on the Luas, ponder for a moment on the Courts situated to the left and right-hand sides. Many of us hope never to see the inside…
The Attack on Nationality and Community in Modern Ireland
My younger sister graduated from primary school today and having a lot of locals in the parish hall celebrating really made me think about community. From my experience with spending…
Introduction The European Union is a gigantic bureaucracy with an enormous budget provided by EU taxpayers. It is made up of tens of thousands of people all working feverishly to…
There’s a pilgrimage that today’s liberal leftist elites seem to be walking on. This great hope of reaching the liberal “promised land” where all disparities within society will be erased…
Historically speaking the ideology of republicanism represented the most radical of Irish nationalism. Whereas ‘nationalists’ espoused working within the British parliamentary system to achieve a limited form of self-governance, republicans…
Know Your Enemy – We Need Constructive Euroscepticism
A maxim old, a maxim new: “Know your enemy.” It’s a phrase one could largely presume to be common sense, and yet seemingly we as people tend to lack it…
Ongoing Concerns About the Lisdoonvarna Direct Provision Centre
In the spring of this year our town Lisdoonvarna was changed overnight. In a secret deal planned between the Department of Justice and the White Hotel Group (a business owned…
Tomorrow’s Referendum This referendum’s significance for the future trajectory of the country has not been lost on me, or on many fellow campaigners – on both sides. Whether we vote…
Why Death is Not a Choice By Rebecca O’Rahilly I have always been pro life. I was in primary school the last time Ireland faced the question of abortion. It…