Markets used to move on earnings, wars, harvests and the odd central banker’s eyebrow twitch. Now they seem to move on whether Donald Trump wakes up feeling hawkish before or after breakfast. Threaten strikes on Iranian power plants — stocks tumble, the dollar flexes like it’s back in the gym. Pause the strikes for five […]
March, 2026
PAT+ JUDE TALK ABOUT GHOULISH TRUMP, FATAL ACCIDENTS, & BEING PRO-ISRAEL OR PRO-IRAN?
That sensitive man Donald Trump has expressed pleasure at the death of Robert Mueller, a political opponent. A step too far, maybe? A recent balcony that collapsed and injured two children, a car in Buncrana ten years ago that slip into the sea and drowned five people: should any of these events have occurred? Or […]
The ‘seismic’ case against Gerry …
Well now. Gerry Adams is to give a press conference in Belfast at 3.30 pm today – I doubt if B(ritish)BC Raidio Uladh will carry it live. It comes in the aftermath of lunch-time news that the claimants – those taking the case against Gerry A – had decided to withdraw their claims and end […]
Don’t mention you know what
It’s an under-rated play in the political game: if you don’t mention a topic for long enough, it will wither, fade and eventually vanish. It simply is necessary to keep schtum on the subject and what was a hugely important issue simply ceases to exist. The integrity of the national territory is a core requirement […]
Let’s all get Gerry
The spectacle has been almost theatrical — a stampede of certainty from people who have spent decades insisting that the case against Gerry Adams is overwhelming, definitive, nailed to the wall. And yet here we are, watching the eager anticipation of a £1 victory as if it were the capture of some towering prize. A […]
How did Hamas breach the wall into Israel?
I have always wondered how it was that Hamas was able to breach the wall between the Occupied Territories and Israel . I find myself asking that question repeatedly in recent weeks as Israel has launched targeted strikes in Iran . Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in Tehran on 28 February in a […]
Micheál and SUTT time
So – did you feel relieved after Micheál’s performance in the Oval Office yesterday? As ever, he managed to agree with Trump even when he was disagreeing – and of course he was wise not to contradict Orange Head that the President of Ireland is a woman, since there’s a chance the Mad King might […]
Saint Patrick
Some saints you can’t avoid no matter where you are, and St Patrick is one of them. He is said to have died on 17 March460 AD, and pretty well ever since we’ve been celebrating, at least in Ireland.The St Patrick’s Day Parade, though – that’s a moderately modern invention. It began in the. US […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT TRUMP’S ‘FUN’, MICHEAL IN THE WHITE HOUSE, IRELAND’ S CALL, & BAD LANGUAGE
Do you share Donald Trump’s sense of humour? Like calling the bombing of Iran ‘fun’? And then there’s Micheál Martin, who’s on his way to the White House to give Donald Trump a piece of his mind…Yes, yes, Trump is a half-wit and could use some of the Taoiseach’s mind, but isn’t it really just […]
To host one Fleadh is delightful; to host two Fleadhs is a vindication
The news that Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann will be coming to Belfast this August — and returning again next year — has the feel of a cultural drumroll that refuses to fade. This is not just an event landing briefly on the civic calendar; it is a declaration that traditional music, long carried in suitcases […]