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Ian O’DohertyThe Spectator |
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....
Ireland is gearing up for its general election this Friday – and what started out as a relatively moribund campaign seems to have finally kicked...
Ireland has a problem with America. Irish politicians and the country’s establishment would, of course, deny this. They would point to the fact...
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...
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...
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...
To the surprise of nobody and the disappointment of only a few, the Irish government has finally accepted reality and dropped its hugely controversial...
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...
For the average member of the Irish political, media and NGO complex there are several political issues in Ireland which need to be addressed...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
‘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...
When the Irish foreign minister Micheal Martin recently stood up and announced to the Dail that Ireland would officially recognise a Palestinian state...
Genuinely shocking political announcements are relatively rare in the Republic. It’s a small country, with an even smaller political and media base...