Analysis – State Failures: The Special Relationship
'If it wasn’t for American leadership, and if it wasn’t for America and Europe working together, I don’t know what kind of world we’d live in.'
Paulie Doyle
Martin's department set up meeting of pro-military spending group and EDA – but won’t reveal who went
Micheál Martin’s Department of Defence arranged a meeting between an Irish pro-military spending group and the European Defence Agency – and now refuses to say who attended.
Comment: The media’s job isn’t to publish hagiographies of John Bruton – it’s to analyse his contribution to politics
I’ll say this about John Bruton: he got a fitting send-off.
Comment: Ireland cheered on the war in Ukraine – now we are failing its victims
As anti-immigrant sentiment spreads across the country, politicians are ceding ground to the far-right by echoing that wretched fascist slogan: Ireland is full.
Comment: Ireland should affirm Palestine’s right to exist
Like everyone paying attention to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, I was horrified to read that a large group of civilians gathered for a peace demonstration near the Israel-Gaza border was mercilessly gunned down by terrorists with no regard for human life.