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 […]
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 […]
An independent Irish State was never a foregone conclusion. Nor is a united Ireland now
The creation of an independent Irish state in 1922 has turned out to be a good thing for the great majority of Irish people. While you may read about Irexit (and a small minority believes in it), no group of any significance now believes or argues that Ireland should re-join the UK. And while Irish […]
Ireland has a lot of skin in the game of international politics
A strange aspect of British politics these days is the reaction of the Tory controlled media to the emergence of Nigel Farage and his Reform party. Since he is peddling hard right and populist positions and stances, the Tory right finds it difficult to withhold sneaking regarder respect for his dominant opinion poll position. Tory […]
Irish people fail to understand how fragile our electricity supply is
When we read about Putin’s onslaught on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure designed, apparently, to freeze the Ukrainians into submission in the context of Trump-sponsored peace talks, we can only imagine what it is like to live in a world of blackouts amid ambient temperatures of -15 or -20 degrees centigrade. Interestingly both Sinn Fein and our […]