Author Jude Collins

The Irish Times used to have a weekly column by the (very) left-wing journalist Eamonn McCann. When Eamonn was elected to the Assembly, the column was assigned to the Times’s tame unionist (TTU). He has a column in the IT this morning snappily titled ‘Irish Government is obsessed with Brexit Britain despite the risks this […]

  Sammy Wilson is a controversial figure I’m sure you’ll agree and I’m unfortunate to have him representing me as an MP, not that he does.  Even within his own constituency, his voters have wild and varied opinions of him.  The more right-wing with controversial views they are, the more they seem to love him. […]

      Once the electorate established Dail Eireann, the conspirational Irish Republican Brotherhood had no further justification for its existence. Arthur Griffith’s great contribution to Ireland was the establishment of Dail Eireann. The Dual Monarchy “resurrection of Hungary” idea was obsolete. Collins reverted to conspiracy. Griffith reverted to his original brainwave. The National Army- […]

There’s a very  interesting article in today’s Irish Times. The man’s name is Philip Quinlivan, and the articled is titled (in the IT sprawling headline style) “If we are not prepared to defend ourselves we should outsource our security. The writer  used to be in the Irish army and has since left and is a […]

How can anyone in their right mind see collusion as an illusion?  Some within Unionism see the mere thought of collusion as some kind of attempt to rewrite history.  Some might prefer to label it fake news.  However, if one is telling the truth or finding out the truth then surely it isn’t rewriting history […]

  It goes without saying that the British have a horrific record in Ireland; ranging from the evils of Cromwell, an Gorta Mór and the undemocratic partition that gave birth to the bigoted statelet. Many apologists of British imperialism will argue that other empires were worse – which is sort of akin to the Khmer […]

Most of us are fond of urging others to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes before coming to a judgement about them. We don’t do it that much ourselves, but we quite like prescribing it for others. But that’s usually at the personal level. At the public or international level, we tone down some. […]

Were you impressed by Rishi, Kemi, Penny and the other Tory leader hopefuls to fill Bojo’s shoes? And what gives with the sudden cancellation of the Sky debate which was to have happened tonight? Alex Kane, the unionist commentator, has an article in today’s Irish Times in which he warns unionism that a border poll […]

  The idea, indeed the irony of Micheal Martin saying not enough is being done to foster understanding and co-operation on the island of Ireland between North and South is quite extraordinary and demonstrates clearly the massive rift which has formed between the Southern Irish government and Unionists in the North.  Not so long ago […]

  There seems to be a change in the air over bonfires this year.  One might say that this year the much-acclaimed ‘bonfire builders’, a profession in its own right it seems, have been making up for lost time due to the pandemic.  Most if not all bonfires were festooned with Irish flags, papal flags, […]