Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

STRANGE RUMOUR AFTER ADAMS’S WIN

April 23, 2026

EXASPERATION AT the failure of a concerted effort this month to nail Gerry Adams in a London court, with the aid of ‘lawfare’... Read more »

JACK LYNCH’S ‘CARTE BLANCHE’ TO UK

April 23, 2026

Recently declassified files from the 1970s offer an insight into the Cosgrave government’s diffidence in its dealings with Whitehall after gardaí arrested a... Read more »

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

April 9, 2026

IT IS difficult to say whether it is the Government or the media that is the main driver of the 1950s-type Cold War... Read more »

DERMOT DESMOND’S SOUR NOTES

April 9, 2026

A BROADBAND network business that was once set to put Ireland at the forefront of the global fibre network roll-out has been quietly... Read more »

‘CRUELLA’ V HARRIS

April 9, 2026

HEALTH MINISTER Jennifer ‘Cruella’ MacNeill is currently being assailed from all sides as her ambition to restructure the health service – or restructure... Read more »

ROB HENEGHAN’S NOT SO SURE THING

April 9, 2026

GOLDHAWK WAS interested to see his litigious pal Rob Heneghan featuring on the front page of the Irish Times this week as a... Read more »

KEITH WOODS’S MYSTERY BACKER

April 9, 2026

A handful of National Party (NP) members gathered briefly at the Grave for the 1916 Leaders monument in Arbour Hill this Easter. The... Read more »

LITTLE TO BE SONAS ABOUT

April 9, 2026

The clock is ticking fast for the sick, elderly and disabled residents of six independent-living units in the Sonas Retirement Village in Enniscrone,... Read more »

DID MI5 HAVE ROLE IN SCOTT MILLS AFFAIR?

April 9, 2026

Scott Mills, a familiar voice on BBC radio, has been removed from his role as host of BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show following... Read more »

ADAMS’S OPPONENT’S ‘LAWFARE’ SKILLS

March 26, 2026

MUCH OF the Irish Times’s summary of Gerry Adams’s successful defence against a civil case alleging multiple IRA actions reflected the angry statement... Read more »

PAT KENNY’S CANDOUR

March 26, 2026

NEWSTALK’S WEEKEND mornings radio host, Pat Kenny, earned plenty of positive coverage for his Sindo interview with Niamh Horan earlier this month. He... Read more »

COLIN WALLACE’S COVERT TRUTH

March 26, 2026

Colin Wallace, a former psychological operations officer in the British Army, is pursuing a legal action to compel the British government to reveal... Read more »

RED FACES AT BLUE HAVEN

March 26, 2026

AN ATTEMPTED corporate rescue of the so-called Blue Haven ‘Collection’ in Kinsale has flopped and it looks like there could be a fair... Read more »

KINCORA SURVIVOR’S MANY BATTLES

March 26, 2026

Richard Kerr, a survivor of sex abuse that he suffered at Kincora Boys’ Home, will commence his legal action against the NI state... Read more »

PROTECTING PAUL COLLINS

March 26, 2026

BANDON DEVELOPER Paul Collins has been a controversial figure for many years, courtesy of his companies involvement in the International Protection Accommodation Service... Read more »

VRAI’S PADDY’S DAY BASH FOR US ARMY

March 26, 2026

The deepening crisis in the Middle East this month did not deter Irish company VRAI Simulation from pursuing business opportunities with the United... Read more »

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 »