Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY TARGETS MARTIN

March 12, 2026

THE PRO-ISRAELI master plan to depict Irish support for Palestinians as some national antisemitic rage was boosted by the ever-helpful Irish Times this... Read more »

PHILIP DWYER’S CO-STARS

March 12, 2026

A recent video posted by Philip Dwyer on his X and Telegram accounts highlights a series of legal cases faced by some of... Read more »

APCO’S IRISH LINK

March 12, 2026

MORGAN McSWEENEY’S part in Epstein buddie Peter Mandelson’s appointment to the top Brit posting to Washington has overshadowed a separate No 10 scandal... Read more »

STATE’S ATROCIOUS CLIMATE REVIEW

March 12, 2026

With just months to go before Ireland takes over the presidency of the European Union, the Government has received a sharp rap on... Read more »

BBC’S ROLE IN DIRTY TRICKS

March 12, 2026

The mainstream media was astonished to learn that MI5 had an office inside the BBC that monitored journalists. This “discovery” emerged from a... Read more »

WEB OF DISTRACTION

March 12, 2026

In the last edition of The Phoenix (27/2/26), we highlighted how author and researcher Whitney Webb became the target of a dirty tricks... Read more »

SCAPPATICCI’S PAY DAY

March 12, 2026

Freddie Scappaticci, a member of the IRA, became an agent for British Army intelligence in 1978. He eventually became second in command of... Read more »

ANGER MOUNTS OVER GAA LINKS TO ISRAEL

February 26, 2026

IF THE ceasefire in Gaza is a mockery then so, too, is the temporary halt to hostilities inside the GAA over its sponsorship... Read more »

CARROLL MACNEILL’S ‘BROKEN PROMISES’

February 26, 2026

THE SITUATION in which health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill finds herself ensnared is beyond irony, given that she was recently accused of weaponising... Read more »

MINISTER O’DONOVAN V MAYOR MORAN

February 26, 2026

THE BATTLE for ascendancy in the realm of Limerick city and county is more than a mere faction fight between local councillors and... Read more »

WHAT DID BROWN KNOW AND WHEN?

February 26, 2026

Gordon Brown became a close ally of Britain’s intelligence community after assuming the role of prime minister in June 2007, a position he... Read more »

ARSON ATTACKS LINKED TO STARMER

February 26, 2026

In May 2025 several arson attacks targeted properties and a car linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Three men are scheduled to... Read more »

MAC OIREACHTAIGH’S HUNGARIAN ALLIES

February 26, 2026

The recent visit by National Party (NP) youth wing leader Yan Mac Oireachtaigh to Budapest demonstrates just how extreme the party is. Mac... Read more »

MANY EPSTEIN SPOILERS

February 26, 2026

Lisa Phillips, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse victims, visited Dublin recently to investigate the case of a 13-year-old girl who was trafficked to... Read more »

TREVOR WHITE’S FOOD POVERTY

February 12, 2026

FAIR PLAY to Trevor White on his latest outing in the pages of the Irish Times, headlined: “The Michelin razzmatazz makes me queasy”.... Read more »

REPLAY FOR GAA V GAZA

February 12, 2026

GAA HEADS will be hoping that the new armada being organised to lift the siege on Gaza will not help to ignite further... Read more »

NADIA’S ‘FUN VIDEOS’

February 12, 2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO Nadia Adan, who popped up in the Enterprise Ireland (EI)-sponsored ‘Making It Work’ section of the Business Post last weekend, although... Read more »

FIACH MAC CONGHAIL’S STRATEGY

February 12, 2026

GOLDHAWK WOULD like to congratulate the ever adaptable Fiach Mac Conghail, who has moved another step closer to saving his bacon as chief... Read more »

SAVAGE’S BLIND TRUST

February 12, 2026

NEW Newstalk Breakfast presenter Anton Savage must believe, perhaps correctly, that media watchdogs at Coimisiún na Meán and other media will continue to... Read more »

THE GENTLE SAS

February 12, 2026

IN A most civilised interview with the Irish Times recently, three veteran members of the Special Air Service (SAS) presented a sanitised view... Read more »

BANNON’S IRISH PLAN

February 12, 2026

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has been keen in recent years to platform a number of Irish right-wing activists on his War... Read more »

GAA GAMES ON GAZA AND ALLIANZ

January 29, 2026

DID THE GAA find that deliberations on its controversial Allianz sponsorship deal were simplified by the existence on its management committee of Joan... Read more »

DAVY’S BIG BOYS’ CLUB

January 29, 2026

JUST WHICH financial firms will get the biggest slice of the estimated €1.5bn in funds set to be released from the control of... Read more »

MICHAEL HACKMAN’S HARD TIMES

January 29, 2026

FANS OF Goldhawk will be familiar with the activities of US real estate moneybags turned movie studio czar Michael Hackman, who has shaken... Read more »

MAIRIA CAHILL’S IRANIAN INSIGHTS

January 29, 2026

THE BIZARRE world of Iranian dissidents and their western supporters is even more politically eclectic than first appears judging by a recent Sunday... Read more »

IN ANTON WE TRUST

January 29, 2026

NEWSTALK RADIO’S new schedule begins next week with Anton Savage – principal shareholder in PR consultancy and media trainer The Communications Clinic –... Read more »

DENTON: MI5 IN THE DOCK

January 29, 2026

A significant parting of ways has occurred between MI5 and Sir Iain Livingstone, the Scottish police officer who led the final Operation Kenova... Read more »

WILLING WARRIORS

January 29, 2026

General SÉan Clancy, former Irish Defence Forces chief of staff and now chair of the European Union Military Committee (EUMC) – see p10... Read more »

YULETIDE PROJECT FEAR

January 15, 2026

GOLDHAWK HAS never witnessed such a full-on campaign by government, media, academia and other power centres as in the run-up to Christmas when... Read more »