February, 2026

      Mossad is the Zionist secret service organisation behind much militarism in the world today. Mossad (Hebrew for Institute) is responsible for intelligence collection especially in Arab countries and is responsible to the Israeli government. Mossad is one of three major Intelligence organisations of Israel along with Aman (military intelligence) and Shin Bet […]

The Irish state has always preferred the poetry of neutrality to the prose of reality. So when reports emerge that the government in the Republic of Ireland is preparing to spend up to €2 billion on military equipment from France, the official line remains serenely intact: Ireland is neutral. Neutral. Just extremely well-armed. Under Helen […]

There are many ways to admire Bono. There are also, unfortunately, many ways to find him absolutely insufferable. Take the sainted moment when he hoisted the arms of John Hume   and David Trimble aloft like a spiritual referee declaring a draw in the heavyweight bout of history. It was meant to symbolise reconciliation. Instead, it […]

Katie Taylor is 39 years old. At 39, most boxers are either retired, commentating, or explaining to younger fighters why roadwork used to be harder in their day. Taylor, meanwhile, is still headlining stadiums and rearranging orbital bones for a living. If that’s a “girl,” then someone needs to update the dictionary — preferably between […]

There are few compliments rarer in journalism than this: the security services think you’re interesting. So perhaps Vincent Kearney should, in the most backhanded sense imaginable, feel flattered. While working for the BBC in Belfast, MI5 wasn’t ignoring him. They were, shall we say, subscribing closely — dipping into phone records in 2006 and 2009 like […]

In his latest State of the Nation address, Donald Trump delivered what might best be described as a duel — not with his opponents, but with himself. It was less a speech than a tug-of-war between competing impulses: populist firebrand versus institutional incumbent, isolationist crusader versus global strongman, victim-in-chief versus triumphant conqueror. First contradiction: The […]

According to the blazers at the Irish Football Association, there is, apparently, no sectarianism problem. None. Nothing to see here. Just football. Pure, wholesome, politically neutral football — played in a region where even the weather has an identity. This is a brave position to take in NEI, a place where murals can start arguments […]

Ah yes — the great crisis of our age: who owns the bar stools. When the “80% Catholic pubs” statistic began clinking around political circles, Gordon Lyons didn’t so much respond as retreat into the comforting embrace of paperwork. While others heard a cultural tremor, Lyons heard… a licensing clause. As a minister from the […]

Claire arrived at the Orange Hall with the faintly anthropological air of someone observing a rare and self-congratulatory species in its natural habitat. The bunting was emphatic, the tea was stewed to a Protestant fortitude, and the mood hovered somewhere between parish fête and imperial afterglow. They had gathered to honour Noel Liggett , newly […]

It is, apparently, a “mistake” to suggest that the police service in Northern Ireland should look vaguely like NEI. The latest recruitment figures for the PSNI show 65.6% of applicants from a Protestant background and 26.7% from a Catholic background — the lowest level of Catholic applicants in more than a decade. In any normal society, […]