The Department of Justice has sought to play down suggestions that the EU–India free trade deal will automatically open the Irish labour market to increased migration, stressing that control over visas and employment permits remains firmly in national hands. In […]

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5 March 2026

Dr. Hans‑Georg Maaßen spent decades at the heart of the German security state. As a senior official in the Federal Ministry of the Interior and later as President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, he helped […]

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2 March 2026

Some time ago, I attended a gathering in Dublin focused on strengthening family life. Needless to say, there was a counter-protest as well; that seems to be de rigueur these days. The contrast between the two groups was obvious and […]

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1 March 2026

The farmer and the cowman should be friends, Oh, the farmer and the cowman should be friends. The cowman ropes a cow with ease, the farmer steals her butter and cheese, But that’s no reason why they cain’t be friends […]

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27 February 2026

The rise of Restore Britain marks a notable development in British politics, one that Irish observers should not ignore. Led by Rupert Lowe, the movement has transitioned from pressure group to a political party with a dozen elected representatives, including […]

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25 February 2026

I pardon the contemporary reader for the aphoristic roughness that is about to follow: I claimno vainglory by it, only an urgent call that I think desperately needs to be heard. I. Ode to Europe – Panta Rhei Europe! Let […]

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23 February 2026

Sean McGovern’s belated extradition is perhaps the latest episode in a fifty-year-long love-in between the Republic of Ireland and the UAE.  A Kinahan henchman who benefited from the Drimnagh to Dubai ratline that facilitated gangland’s top brass since the Regency […]

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19 February 2026

Differences in polling among Ireland’s three major polling agencies are often treated as small methodological differences producing slightly different snapshots of the same electorate. Recent evidence suggests otherwise. The latest national surveys from Ipsos, Red C, and Ireland Thinks do […]

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18 February 2026

Should Keir Starmer fall on his sword in the aftermath of the Mandelson Affair, it would make seven the number of prime ministers to have been in and out of Downing Street within ten years of the Brexit vote.  So […]

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13 February 2026

The following article originally appeared December 2025 in the Hungarian Conservative and is syndicated with the permission of the author. Arian Aghashahi is a conservative political strategist, commentator serving Managing Director of the Sovereignty Foundation the political foundation affiliated with […]

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11 February 2026