A once in a generation upgrade in the Irish navy has aired underlying questions about the future of the fleet with a public dispute over whether the Defence Forces should specialise in a Multi-Role Vessel (MRV) specialising in what is […]

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12 August 2025

The phased decline of the DUP isn’t just about scandals or the Windsor Framework. It reflects a deeper truth that loyalism was never fully integrated into the post-GFA state it defended. Typical of this, in 2016, the DUP championed Brexit […]

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6 August 2025

In retrospect, 2010s was a golden epoch for digital transatlantic relations in Ireland courtesy of Dublin’s launchpad status for Big Tech. The relationship wasn’t just business however, Irish activists , ministers, and civil servants built personal ties with tech giants […]

The post FuJo: America’s Censorship Complex Finds a New Home in Dublin appeared first on The Burkean.

5 August 2025

The past 72 hours have seen Ireland’s media class attempting the intellectual equivalent of reversing a three-ton lorry with a blindfold on. The spirit of media backtracking has been palpable since footage emerged of last week’s stabbing attack on Gardai […]

The post “Nothing to See Here” Will Capel Street Cover-Up Set Tone for New Garda Commissioner appeared first on The Burkean.

4 August 2025

The Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the temporary lack of accommodation for single male asylum seekers did not breach constitutional or human rights, overturning a prior High Court decision to that effect in a small but important blow to […]

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31 July 2025

Conspiracy theories can be the comfort blanket for both left and right, hard analysis takes just that bit of self-reflection. Within the Irish ‘Right’ there is a general notion that the genesis for contemporary progressive hegemony comes from the Stalinist […]

The post Against the Stickie Conspiracy Theory: No, the Workers’ Party Did Not Liberalise Ireland appeared first on The Burkean.

30 July 2025

A laicized cleric from Galway is putting a concrete definition of womanhood and free expression on the chopping block in Strasbourg as he settles into a role as one of Europe’s top human rights enforcers. LGBT rights activist and former […]

The post Europe’s Gender Czar: Michael O’Flaherty the ex-Priest Wanting to Make Gender Ideology Doctrine appeared first on The Burkean.

24 July 2025

Approved by the Cabinet late April before being submitted to the Oireachtas Home Affairs Committee covering migration, the International Protection Bill (2025) has been marketed by Minister Jim O’Callaghan as a once in a generation opportunity to reform the Republic’s […]

The post Ireland’s Open Border Deep State: How the IHREC Is Stacking the Deck Against Asylum Reform appeared first on The Burkean.

22 July 2025

U.S. conservative talisman Pat Buchannan made an unusual appearance in the Journal last week, as arguably the American Democrats’ top representative to Ireland Larry Donnelly outlined the risk of a Zionist backlash to the Oireachtas passing the Occupied Territories Bill […]

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15 July 2025

While Brussels and Dublin hail Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone as a triumph of integration, few in the Department of Finance are asking the uncomfortable question: what happens when you share a currency with a captured oligarchical state? The ink […]

The post Paschal’s Bulgarian Gamble : Ireland Turns Blind Eye to Bulgarian Oligarchy with Sofia’s Eurozone Entrance appeared first on The Burkean.

14 July 2025