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The Springhill Inquest: Belfast Families Left Wanting Amid Westminster Power Games
An article examining West Belfast, the recent Springhill inquest findings and the continuing struggle of local families for truth, justice and accountability in the face of British state violence and Westminster power games.
Statement on the Belfast Knife Attack and Public Safety
A statement on the North Belfast knife attack, public safety and the political consequences of open-border policies, with an author’s note correcting early reports on the suspect’s nationality.
Dublin City and the Cost of Not Planning
An article examining Dublin City’s housing pressures, homelessness figures and demographic change, arguing that the central issue is whether the Leinster House Government planned for the consequences of rapid population movement.
Instability in Britain, A Border Poll in Ireland: Britain’s EU Reset and the Border Poll Mirage
An article arguing that Britain’s attempted reset with the European Union exposes the weakness of border poll nationalism and that Irish sovereignty cannot rest on Brexit, Westminster crises, Stormont machinery or the permission of a British Secretary of State.
In Galway West Ireland’s Fractured Populist Right Begins to Find Form
An article examining the Galway West by-election and the emergence of nationalist-populist alternatives, focusing on Independent Ireland, Aontú, the Irish People Party and growing voter disillusionment with the old political consensus.
Dublin Central By Election: Is the Inner City Primed for Migration Backlash?
An article examining the Dublin Central by-election, focusing on housing, dereliction, immigration and whether inner-city voters are turning against a political class seen as detached from their concerns.
Fox Hunting at Stormont? Inside Provisional Sinn Féin’s 2026 Ard Fheis
An article examining Sinn Féin’s 2026 Ard Fheis as a display of constitutional nationalism, managerial liberalism and the party’s continued departure from the Republican tradition.
Scotland Beyond the SNP: Speaking with Alliance to Liberate Scotland
An article examining the Alliance to Liberate Scotland and Sovereignty as emerging forces within Scottish independence politics, highlighting currents beyond the SNP, Greens and wider liberal/‘progressive’ bloc.
Scotland’s 2026 Election and the Cracking of the Yookay - An Irish Nationalist Perspective
An article examining Scotland’s 2026 election from an Irish nationalist perspective, considering what the SNP, Labour, Reform and the wider independence movement reveal about the growing instability of the British constitutional order.
Halal or Kosher? Religious Animal Slaughter in Ireland
An article examining religious animal slaughter in Ireland, distinguishing between halal and kosher practices while considering animal welfare, religious liberty and the changing role of pre-stunning.
Continuity Under Strain: How Irish Republicanism Navigated the Emergency, 1938-1946
An article on how the IRA, Sinn Féin, Na Fianna Éireann and Cumann na mBan navigated the Emergency, maintaining the Republican inheritance under conditions of imprisonment, censorship and internal pressure.
National Sabotage? Blame Green Mania Not Truckers for Fuel Unrest
An article on the fuel protests, the burden of carbon tax and the growing sense that the political establishment governs over working people rather than for them.
Ireland and Iran: The Price of Pax Americana?
An article examining the economic consequences of the war on Iran for Ireland, focusing mostly so on global oil markets, energy dependence, rising costs and the failure to prioritise national economic interests.
His Grace’s Hills: Lismore and the Scandal of Absentee Ownership
An article examining Lismore and the legacy of absentee ownership, highlighting how historic patterns of land control and elite power remain embedded in modern Ireland.
The Cromwell Club Cometh? What Restore Britain Means for Ireland
An article examining the emergence of the British political movement Restore Britain and its implications for political debate across these islands. It argues that while the movement may shift the boundaries of discussion in Britain, Ireland’s response should be rooted in its own political traditions and sovereignty rather than imitation of British trends.
Mr Tóibín Goes to Washington: Inside Aontú’s American Pivot
An article analysing Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín’s visit to the United States, examining the party’s meetings with American political figures and Irish-American organisations. It argues that the trip appeared to prioritise establishment recognition over grassroots diaspora mobilisation or the development of deeper ideological alliances abroad.
Did Brexit Break Belfast? Mass Migration and the Six Counties
An article examining migration trends in Belfast before and after the Brexit referendum, using census and official statistics to argue that immigration into the city and the wider Six Counties increased rather than declined in the years following Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Custodianship Over Contest: Sinn Féin and Abstentionism, 1904-1938
An examination of the development of Irish Republican doctrine and abstentionist tradition from the founding of Sinn Féin through the post-Civil War stagnation and decline. The article traces how figures such as J. J. O’Kelly, Mary MacSwiney and Brian O’Higgins sought to preserve the legitimacy of the Republic as a matter of continuity and principle rather than electoral success or institutional power.
Moy Park, Meat Processing, Migration, and an Irish Republican Response
An article examining the labour model within the meat and poultry industry in Tyrone and Armagh, arguing that high production speeds, agency labour and large-scale migrant recruitment form part of a system that prioritises output over worker security and community stability. It contends that the structure of the industry reflects a wider economic model in which sovereignty, labour dignity and democratic control at the point of production are increasingly weakened.
Digital Identity and the War on Sovereignty: Britain, the North and the European Project
An article examining proposed digital identity systems in Britain and the European Union, arguing that such schemes risk expanding technocratic control while eroding national sovereignty. It contends that the debate over digital identity ultimately raises a deeper question for Ireland regarding who governs identity and on whose authority.