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Ian O’Doherty

Ian O’Doherty

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How Ireland declared diplomatic war on Israel

16.12.2024 10

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Knocked out / How working-class Dublin turned on Conor McGregor

08.12.2024 30

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Election / Irish politics is stuck on a loop

It’s Green bin day! That was the general refrain of many Irish political wags as the country continues to tally the count from Friday’s election....

30.11.2024 8

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Why won’t Irish politicians talk about immigration?

Ireland is gearing up for its general election this Friday – and what started out as a relatively moribund campaign seems to have finally kicked...

25.11.2024 7

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Ireland’s suicidal Trump Derangement Syndrome

Ireland has a problem with America. Irish politicians and the country’s establishment would, of course, deny this. They would point to the fact...

13.11.2024 40

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Ireland has become a hostile environment for Jews

Is Ireland the most anti-Semitic country in Europe? Most Irish people would vehemently disagree. But if you asked: ‘is Ireland the most anti-Israeli...

20.10.2024 10

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Why Threads is still the most terrifying film ever made

As we inch ever closer to Halloween, the inevitable lists of the scariest films ever made have already begun to crop up. Whenever these lists are...

09.10.2024 10

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Ireland’s puritanical attack on smokers

While the UK braces itself for a budget so tight we can already hear the pips squeaking from across the Irish sea, this week saw an Irish budget which...

04.10.2024 10

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Ireland’s embarrassing hate speech fiasco

To the surprise of nobody and the disappointment of only a few, the Irish government has finally accepted reality and dropped its hugely controversial...

26.09.2024 10

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Enoch Burke is no free speech martyr

This week, when he was returned to Dublin’s Mountjoy jail for the third time in two years, Irish schoolteacher Enoch Burke was hailed by his many...

08.09.2024 20

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The Irish elite are terrifyingly out of touch

For the average member of the Irish political, media and NGO complex there are several political issues in Ireland which need to be addressed...

01.09.2024 10

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Ireland’s embarrassing threats against social media

Some Spectator readers may recall the rather charming story of the small local newspaper in West Cork which took on the might of the Russian empire....

16.08.2024 10

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The trouble with Ireland’s balaclava ban

Balaclavas were once the preserve of bank robbers and members of the IRA, but this week they were worn by thugs who clashed with police. During riots...

07.08.2024 10

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Ireland doesn’t need a racism tsar

The Republic of Ireland has always prided itself on its lack of racism. Take the fact that two of the country’s most popular sons are black or...

13.07.2024 7

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Sinn Fein’s immigration stance has blown up in its face

It’s been three days since Ireland went to the ballot box to decide the local and European elections and, much to consternation of pretty much...

10.06.2024 10

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Ireland is rewarding Hamas for 7 October

For once, the Irish government has actually done something it promised. The problem is that it’s precisely the wrong thing, at precisely the wrong...

23.05.2024 30

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Ireland is furious about Britain’s immigration mess

‘We will not be used as a loophole in another country’s immigration challenges.’ Those were the angry words of Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris over...

30.04.2024 20

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The real reason Ireland is going to recognise Palestine

When the Irish foreign minister Micheal Martin recently stood up and announced to the Dail that Ireland would officially recognise a Palestinian state...

14.04.2024 10

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How it all went wrong for Leo Varadkar

Genuinely shocking political announcements are relatively rare in the Republic. It’s a small country, with an even smaller political and media base...

21.03.2024 20

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