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Ian O’Doherty

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How Ireland came crawling back to Trump

How Ireland came crawling back to Trump
24.01.2025 4

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Ireland’s President has gone completely rogue 

Ireland’s President has gone completely rogue 
15.01.2025 10

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Ireland is not ready for Trump

It will be an uncertain year for Ireland. The Irish economy has for a long time been artificially propped up by the billons it accrues in tax...

04.01.2025 3

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How Ireland declared diplomatic war on Israel

‘Tis the season of goodwill to all men. Except for the Irish and Israelis, that is, who have seen their already frosty relationship plunged into...

16.12.2024 5

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Knocked out / How working-class Dublin turned on Conor McGregor

When Conor McGregor stood in the dock for his civil rape trial last week, the controversial MMA fighter was receiving the kind of global media...

08.12.2024 20

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Election / 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 the count from Friday’s election....

30.11.2024 3

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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 seems to have finally kicked...

25.11.2024 3

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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 to the fact...

13.11.2024 30

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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 the most...

20.10.2024 5

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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 crop up. Whenever these lists are...

09.10.2024 4

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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 Irish sea, this week saw an Irish budget...

04.10.2024 3

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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 dropped its hugely...

26.09.2024 3

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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 Burke was hailed by his many...

08.09.2024 5

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Ireland’s embarrassing threats against social media

Some Spectator readers may recall the rather charming story of the small local newspaper in West Cork which took on the might of the Russian...

16.08.2024 2

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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 thugs who clashed with police. During...

07.08.2024 2

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Ireland doesn’t need a racism tsar

The Republic of Ireland has always prided itself on its lack of racism. Take the fact that two of the country’s most popular sons are black or...

13.07.2024 2

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