by Ben Raher Given the turbulent era we live in, it is not unsurprising that foreign policy is at the heart of Irish politics. While there has been a certain level of mutual agreement between Irish political parties on several matters, support for the European Union, Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression and Palestinian self-determination, the topic of Irish neutrality is increasingly fraught. The governing parties of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have expressed their sup

By Indira Kelly Catherine Connolly and Zohran Mamdani don’t look like natural allies. Connolly, a woman in her sixties from Ireland, has spent decades in cultural advocacy and local politics. Mamdani, a 34‑year‑old man from New York, is a rising progressive voice in American state politics. Yet they share one thing that matters more than biography: both cracked the code of the youth vote. And they did it not with policy papers or debate performances, but with Instagram reels

By Seán Cahill On January 6th this year, rioters stormed the United States Capitol in Washington DC. Their goal was to overturn the...

By Marc Imbillicieri It is now widely acknowledged that the 2003 invasion of Iraq was a mistake. We now know Hussein was not harboring...