There’s a Bermuda Triangle of dereliction in Dublin. The solution lies in Leinster House
Last week Olivia Kelly reported in The Irish Times that Dublin City Council was “finally” appearing “to be arming itself” in the battle against dereliction. Its superweapon, apparently, will be the Dublin City Development Corporation, a special-purpose vehicle (SPV) dedicated to city regeneration. This will happen “in the coming months”. The non-statutory SPV will have an “independent” board of directors […]
War in the Middle East has cooled enthusiasm of conservatives for an Irish Trump
Less than three months ago, US Ambassador to Ireland Edward Walsh attended both days of the inaugural IRL Forum organised by Eddie Hobbs. Hobbs reportedly told the Irish Examiner that there was potential for an “Irish Trump” in the ranks of the Independent Ireland party. The newspaper reported that Walsh’s office had contacted Hobbs to facilitate his attendance at […]
US and Israel have inflicted long-term damage on themselves in their war with Iran
Nobody is telling the truth. Why did the war on Iran start? Was it because Israel had decided to launch a go-it-alone air war, as Marco Rubio said? Was it because Pete Hegseth convinced Donald Trump to go to war? Was it because Binyamin Netanyahu persuaded the US president that an American-Israeli assault was risk-free and would topple the regime of the Ayatollahs? The only […]
Nato allies must not save Donald Trump from himself
Almost incredibly, Trump has asked China, the UK, France and other countries to deploy warships to the Persian gulf to ensure that international shipping – especially oil tankers – have safe passage through the Straits of Hormuz in the face of Iranian threats to blockade and mine such traffic. I say “almost”, because nothing is […]
Donald Trump is mad, bad and dangerous. Only the midterms can save the US now
As soon as Operation Epic Fury began to move dials in Wall Street in the wrong direction, and the prospect of international inflation, stagnation, energy market mega-turbulence registered with the idiot king Donald J Trump, who is the shame of the US and Americans, the brakes were slammed on. The war that Pete Hegseth, self-styled US Secretary […]
If Putin was wrong to invade Ukraine, Trump is wrong to invade Iran
The death of Ayatollah Ali Khameini is hardly cause for international lamentation. Since June 1989, Khamenei had led a tyrannical Iranian theocracy which ruthlessly crushed any internal dissent with the gallows, flogging, imprisonment and on-street murder. The rights of women and men have been viciously curtailed by deploying sharia law on all. Apostasy, including religious […]