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It’s Over For Varadkar

Leo Varadkar is stepping down. The future of his political career is anyone’s guess, but it does not look rosy. AN IGNOMINOUS LIFE IN POLITICS When the history of Varadkar’s career in office is written, it will be damning, no […]

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20 March 2024

After the Referenda: A Roadmap for the Right

The historical significance of the referendums on Friday, 8th March, and the subsequent reactions cannot be overstated. Precisely because it is history, we cannot yet appreciate what it means and what it will lead to. History is written retrospectively, and […]

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19 March 2024

Does the ‘No’ Landslide Mark the Return of Iliberal Social Justice Politics?

The Constitutional Referenda’s defeat offers an unparalleled opportunity for dissidents to reclaim the historic tradition of ‘Catholic justice’ back from the Managerial Class. (This piece is syndicated from Aistí Ó Craobh with the permission of the author). ‘The family in […]

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18 March 2024

Ireland’s Referendum: Vote No No

On March 8th, international women’s day, Ireland will go to the polls in what is yet another controversial referendum put forth by a socially distant government. Sources within Dáil Éireann have noted the internal divide within Fine Gael and Fianna […]

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7 March 2024

Ferns Spotlight Part 1: The Anatomy of a Plantation

Last week we spoke to locals in the town of Ferns, Co. Wexford, who are opposing a site in the middle of the town slated to be used as a refugee centre. The situation has become worse, and in this […]

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2 March 2024

“Notions” Are Good, Actually.

There are few things worse for an Irish person than being called out for having “notions”. The accused is thought to be prideful, self-obsessed, narcissistic, and possibly delusional.  In reality, “having notions” means having ideas above your station. The Irish, […]

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22 February 2024

[REVEALED] RTÉ AUDIENCE MEMBER TURNS OUT TO BE A LEFT-WING LGBT ACTIVIST

Last night on RTE’s Up Front with Katie Hannon, an audience member posed a question about the upcoming marriage referendum. Viewers recognised him from a previous episode of the show. In an unsurprising twist, he has been revealed to be […]

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21 February 2024

‘An Geimhreadh Thiar?’: Máirtín Ó Direáin as a Spenglerian Prophet of Ireland’s Decline

Influenced by the anti-modernism of Oswald Spengler, the Gaelic poetry of Ó Direáin rebukes modern Ireland’s urban winter in favour of a return to the consciousness of our rural springtime. The following article is syndicated with permission from Aistí ó […]

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20 February 2024

Ireland’s debt to Sweden: The foundation of the Irish Folklore Commission

This article was translated to Swedish and published by the Swedish publication Konservativ debatt. Here it is displayed in the original English-language form. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Gaelic Revival sought to recover and express Ireland’s native […]

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16 February 2024

Rajputana and Decadence: a Warning to European Civilisation

This article has been syndicated with the permission of the Swedish publication Konservativ debatt. It has been translated into English from the original Swedish.  Rajputana, Land of the Rajputs, in the early 12th century, was a kingdom filled with majestic […]

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8 February 2024