Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

MORE MEDIA TRANSPARENCY

October 5, 2023
THERE IS something piquant about the current fury among the once-pampered literati at the Irish Times, who have for long purveyed ethical attachment to... Read more »

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McGRATH TAKES LEAD FROM TRUSS

October 5, 2023
MICHAEL McGRATH and Liz Truss are not obvious political bed-fellows but the finance minister appears determined to announce similarly discredited policies of cutting income... Read more »

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FIGHTING TALK

October 5, 2023
THE PHENOMENON of members of the Travelling community recording ‘call out’ videos – where they challenge others due to perceived slights, previous confrontations or... Read more »

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ADMIRAL McDOWELL CLAMBERS ABOARD

October 5, 2023
THE ESCALATION of a planning row over an Athlone marina, which began in 2012, has moved from Westmeath County Council to the District Court,... Read more »

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ZOMBIE CHANTS

October 5, 2023
THE LATE Dolores O’Riordan is an unlikely icon for Irish rugby fans outside her native Limerick. But needs must in the face of Ooh... Read more »

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IRELAND CLIMATE LAGGARDS — OR NOT?

October 5, 2023
Later this month, a case taken by six Portuguese youths will be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. The... Read more »

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CUSSEN’S CUSSED CRITICS

October 5, 2023
ONE OF the big beasts in the permanent government, Niall Cussen – his last civil service gig was as chief planning officer in the... Read more »

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FAR RIGHT DÁIL TANTRUM

October 5, 2023
The far-right activists who attended the recent Call to the Dáil protest outside Leinster House were an eclectic bunch. While there were National Party,... Read more »

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MI5’S SERIAL KILLER

October 5, 2023
THE PHOENIX reported last May that the BBC was refusing to broadcast The Lost Boys, which has become the documentary du jour, because it... Read more »

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LUKE COMER’S HANDICAP

September 21, 2023
THE WIDELY reported three-year suspension of the training licence of billionaire tax exile property developer Luke Comer is dividing opinion on the severity of... Read more »

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SEÁN QUINN V JOHN McCARTIN

September 21, 2023
IT IS clear that former bankrupt Seán Quinn has little time for John McCartin – one of the two names he dropped on Newstalk... Read more »

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LYRA’S LEGACY

September 21, 2023
BBC NI commissioned a documentary called The Lost Boys of Belfast from TV production company Alleycats. It was due for broadcast in May 2021... Read more »

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ROSSLARE GOLF CLUB BUNKERED

September 21, 2023
THERE’S RARELY a dull moment at Rosslare Golf Club, where the latest spat relates to a €2m plan to sell off lands that ended... Read more »

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MAIREAD CASEY’S JUDGMENT

September 21, 2023
A HEFTY €¾m judgment has just been registered against Co Cork solicitor Mairead Casey by a UK property investment company called Advanced Industrial Technology... Read more »

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SILENCE ON US SHANNON ROUTE

September 21, 2023
SINCE IT’S now out in the open that Ireland’s Defence Forces personnel are providing weapons training to the Ukrainian army and that our National... Read more »

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UKRAINE: NOTHING TO SEE HERE

September 21, 2023
DESPITE BEING the ‘first casualty of war’, the truth about the Ukraine invasion sometimes emerges and from the strangest quarters, however unintended. Recent slips... Read more »

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MORE IRA SPIES

September 21, 2023
Richard O’Rawe, a former IRA hunger striker turned author who fell out with the republican movement some years after the hunger strike — he... Read more »

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FARMERS LOSING THE MEDIA?

September 21, 2023
The recently formed Farmers’ Alliance (FA) hosted a public meeting in Portlaoise at the weekend, with a “diverse range of guest speakers” present to... Read more »

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‘IRISH TIMES’ UKRAINE U-TURN?

September 7, 2023
HAS THE Old Lady of Tara Street finally realised that John Redmond-type calls to defend poor little Ukraine are really an effort to involve... Read more »

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LIMERICK LEGAL SPATS

September 7, 2023
HIGH COURT proceedings have just been issued – for the second time – by Limerick legal eagle and environmental campaigner Michelle Hayes against architectural... Read more »

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VANISHING VANISHING TRIANGLE

September 7, 2023
THE GARDAÍ have been coming under fire in recent months and it may be the case that the boys and girls in blue are... Read more »

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DAVID HARVEY’S HOT SEATS

September 7, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS TO David Harvey, producer of this week’s documentary on John Gilligan. The media-savvy and politically connected producer garnered huge exposure for his show,... Read more »

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COLM O’ROURKE’S NEW ROLE

September 7, 2023
MEATH LEGEND Colm O’Rourke, who has been enjoying no little success in his role as manager of the county GAA team, which won the... Read more »

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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING

September 7, 2023
AS THE Russian war with Ukraine grinds to a brutal winter stalemate, there are increasing tensions between Ukrainian citizens in Ireland – namely ethnic... Read more »

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POST PARTING

September 7, 2023
ALONGSIDE Swedish giants Bonnier buying into the Business Post, a share restructuring has seen Derek Butler’s Endeavour Fund emerge as the second-biggest shareholder. This... Read more »

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FAR-RIGHT ‘SECURITY’

September 7, 2023
The internet has had a huge impact on the growth of far-right organisations. Instead of having to face the predictable political opposition on the... Read more »

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ELUSIVE FINGERPRINTS

September 7, 2023
THE MCGURK’S Bar bomb massacre in Belfast in 1971 claimed 15 lives. In 2011 the Police Ombudsman NI reported that it had no evidence... Read more »

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IRISH ‘NON-LETHAL’ NEUTRALITY

August 24, 2023
SOONER OR later ministers were going to trip themselves up with contradictory and meaningless rhetoric about Irish neutrality being compatible with offering political, financial... Read more »

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LEAVING LISTOWEL WRITERS’ WEEK

August 24, 2023
THE FUN and games continue at Listowel Writers’ Week where a new programme director is about to be announced following exit of the first... Read more »

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HANDICAPPING BRENDAN DUKE

August 24, 2023
THERE WAS a lot of discussion off the turf last week in relation to the attempted eviction from his Fenway House property in Co... Read more »

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FARRELLY’S PROFILE TAKES OFF

August 24, 2023
WHILE MICK O’Leary’s almost comical levels of indignation continue to feature regularly in the media, one person who might be enjoying the pantomime is... Read more »

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EDITING THE JOURNALISM AWARDS

August 24, 2023
THE 2023 Irish Journalism Awards are being organised by an amalgamation of NewsBrands Ireland and its new partners in this endeavour, Google News Initiative... Read more »

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CAPTAINS AND THE KINGS

August 24, 2023
EFFORTS TO create a Houses for Heroes memorial to WWI soldiers in the Dublin suburb of Killester, led by local resident Aaron Crampton, have... Read more »

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HORSING AROUND IN THE FOUR GOLDMINES

August 24, 2023
GOLDHAWK HAS spotted an interesting looking High Court action that has been lodged by an outfit called Studbook Development Ireland Ltd (SDI), which operates... Read more »

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IRISH FREEDOM PARTY ‘FAKE NEWS’

August 24, 2023
PRESS OMBUDSMAN Susan McKay recently ruled on a complaint from Hermann Kelly, leader of the Irish Freedom Party. It was Kelly’s fifth complaint in... Read more »

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McGURK’S BAR COVER-UP

August 24, 2023
WHILE THE British government is holding a judicial inquiry into the Real IRA’s bombing of Omagh – death toll 29 – the McGurk’s bar... Read more »

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