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THE received wisdom purveyed by the ‘serious’ media is that garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan’s resignation was a ‘stroke of luck’ for Leo Varadkar and that his government had nothing at all, at all to do with her surprise resignation. But a reading of the Sunday Business Post just hours before O’Sullivan resigned indicates that once… Read more »

BUSINESSMAN Declan Ganley was barely off social media last week, sending numerous tweets about the George Hook situation at Newstalk, railing against the PC brigade and the “corporate bullying” of the sponsors who threatened to withdraw their advertising lolly. Ganley said he would no longer be directing business towards Maldron or Clayton hotels, a desperate… Read more »

WILL Bono pen another hymn to Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, pilloried for standing over her government’s brutal persecution of the Rohingya people, described as ethnic cleansing by many commentators? WILL Bono pen another hymn to Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, pilloried for standing over her government’s brutal persecution of the Rohingya people,… Read more »

DURING 2017, exceptional weather conditions have caused widespread destruction in many parts of the globe. In Donegal between 7-9pm on 22nd of August, a “once in a hundred year” type downpour caused massive destruction on the Inishowen Peninsula, but where was the Irish Air Corps? The simple answer is sitting on the tarmac in Baldonnell…. Read more »

WHISTLEBLOWER Paul Hopkins, who learned his trade with the Irish Defence Forces, in particular, the elite, special forces Army Rangers Wing (ARW) has been telling the British media of his dirty tricks on behalf of British American Tobacco. Hopkins spilled the beans when telling how he facilitated BAT payments to cripple anti-smoking laws in various… Read more »

WHAT’S to become of loyalist terrorist groups? They haven’t gone away you know. On the other hand, while they have lost their self-appointed role as defenders of Unionists against republicans they have not been able to acquire the role they crave, to be the mirror image of Sinn Féin, recognised legitimate representatives of working-class Unionist… Read more »

SHANE ROSS cannot decide whether he was blind sided by justice minister, Charlie Flanagan, justice officials or both by the inclusion in the Judicial Council bill of a provision that would protect the identity of judges censured by the council. That Fianna Fáil justice spokesperson, Jim O’Callaghan, a champion of the judiciary and even The… Read more »

MINISTER for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, was effusive in his recent congrats to the White Helmets, recipients of the Tipperary Peace Award, remarking on their “heroism and sacrifice” in apparently having “saved almost 100,000 lives” in the Syrian civil war. Coveney’s rhetoric was understandable; the Tipperary Peace Convention (TPC) was advised by his departmental officials… Read more »