February, 2020

Frank Sinatra was once a staunch Liberal Democrat who fundraised and backed the Democratic Party to the hilt. That is, until he was shunned by the Kennedy White House at the direction of the President’s brother (the best President America never had) and closest adviser, due to Sinatra’s ties to shady organised crime. “Old Blue […]

When as a fifteen-year-old I swore allegiance to Ireland as a part-time member of the Defence Forces, I agreed not to be a member of any secret organisation. When the Royal Irish Constabulary strutted their stuff they were forbidden membership of secret societies with the notable exception of the Society of Free Masons. This was […]

I’ve only twice been in gaol. Briefly and by my own choice. First in Dublin, in Kilmainham, where, better men than I  am have been incarcerated or shot by a tyrannous Empire. It had been restored, as a Museum, by voluntary, unpaid labour in honour of those men and an inspiration for Citizens who had […]

 OK, let’s tiptoe past whether Garda Commissioner Drew Harris’s remarks about the IRA and Sinn Féin were political interference by a public servant. Let’s even tiptoe past Harris’s huge salary. Let’s look at what he said. At a Garda passing-out ceremony in Tipperary recently, Harris said “I am aware of the PSNI and British security […]

Much has been made (and is being made) of the ways in which Sinn Féin is not a ‘normal’ political party. Top of the list is the Troubles.  Republicans were involved in that conflict, chiefly in the form of the IRA. Micheál Martin is on record as saying that Sinn Féin have not shown ‘contrition’ […]

It’s one thing to know that you’ve just been pushed out of a sixth-storey window; it’s entirely another when you hit the ground. The north has known for some time that the bone-brained Brexit scheme is on its way; a year from now we’ll feel it in every part and sinew. Yesterday we got a […]

If you’re not aware that housing is a big problem in Dublin,  you maybe should check if you still have a head on your shoulders. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration that Sinn Fin’s promise to build 100,000 homes over the next five years played a significant part in their stunning election performance. But we don’t […]

                                  Fr. Sean McManus, Paul Massaro (Helsinki Commission), and Raymond McCord CAPITOL HILL. Monday, February 17, 2020— On Wednesday, February 12 the McCord-Fr. McManus justice-mission was brought to the U.S. Helsinki Commission (Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe), which is […]

The latest Election has proven that most Irish people, far from being ashamed of their forebears, who, quietly in the polling booths in 19i8, established an Irish Republic and endorsed the Prospectus launched by the Insurgents of 1916, are proud to commemorate them, and the sacrifices they suffered at the hands of their enemies – […]

I am wary of adding information to a controversial case as it might upset someone. I speak from experience. When the shocking death of Patsy Gillespie was under discussion, I noted that his death at the hands of the IRA was probably linked to the fact that he was working in a British army base, […]