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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ireland’s embarrassing social media crusade
Some Spectator readers may recall the rather charming story of the small local newspaper in West Cork which took on the might…
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…
Ireland’s ridiculous racism tsar
The Republic of Ireland has always prided itself on its lack of racism. Take the fact that two of the…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Dublin is a city on the edge
At 1.30 p.m. last Thursday, a horrific knife attack was perpetrated outside a school on Parnell Street in Dublin’s north…
The sinister push to expel the Israeli ambassador to Ireland
There have been diplomatic tensions between Ireland and Israel almost since the latter was founded. Ireland only established diplomatic relations…
Ireland’s troubling response to the Israel attacks
It’s a widely known secret within Israeli diplomatic circles that Ireland is seen as something of a lost cause. While…
Ireland’s bonkers plan to kill cows to save the planet
You have to hand it to the green movement. When it comes to their increasingly farcical and delusional race towards…
Ireland’s deeply sinister hate crime bill
These are certainly interesting times in Ireland. Like every other European country, there’s a cost of living crisis. Mortgages are going…
Ireland’s migrant hypocrisy
‘Cead Mile Failte’, which means ‘a hundred thousand welcomes’, is a sentiment the Irish have long held dear. We pride…
