...the Maga movement was originally thought to be anchored in the “left-behinds”, but not any more. It is a broad coalition of rich, poor and those in the middle – all angry and gunning for somebody, ...

Someone with a bit of common sense might ask why, if Lowry had some dirt, did he wait till what's probably his last Dail term to use it? Click to expand... They all know he hasn't got dirt. The ...

Article here on the Anglo-Irish The Economic War, 1932-38 – Trade war between Britain & Irish Free State in light of the current revival of trade wars and economic coercion. It was sparked by de ...

So it was in fact FDR's intervention at Dev's behest. Taoiseach Éamon de Valera had President Franklin D Roosevelt intervene in the negotiations. Although the Roosevelt felt unable to do so directly, ...

In her recent book "Careless People" the former global public policy director at Facebook and later Meta (2011-2022), Sarah Wynn-Williams, claims that Enda Kenny proactively conspired with Facebook to ...

Mods , we need a thread-forum called "housing". It's at least as important as 'food and drink". Housing, a subject Micháel Marxist thought hilarious at his sit-down ...

The Iraqi Development Road would stretch from Grand Faw port in the South to Ovakoy on the border of Turkey. The cost is estimated at $17bn, to be financed by a combination of Iraqi and Turkish ...

The Economist March 8 article "Making growth legal" gives a historical perspective on UK planning laws and regulations that likely influenced Irish planning. Some key points : []councils since the ...

We were in crisis long before rent controls were put in place. The collapse happened shortly after we stopped building state owned housing and started selling off public land. Property investors are ...

In attendance in Washington for the parade apparently. If there's one thing that's obvious from the disaster a couple weeks back with Trump/Vance and Zelensky, is that the current administration ...

Ireland has pulled more than its weight in support of Palestine, toeing the EU line on Ukraine, and toeing the EU line in genral over decades. If anyone has a problem with Ireland's record on these ...

Micheal Martin met with the ADL and other jewish groups in washington. They want him to appoint an anti semitism director for Ireland. Also they want the occupied territories bill stopped. An ADL ...