Author Jude Collins

Perhaps we all occasionally exploit tragedy for our own ends, but Donald Trump turns it into performance art. The way he pounced on Charlie Kirk’s assassination was grotesque even by political standards. Trump practically sprinted to the nearest podium to turn Kirk’s coffin into a campaign stage, solemnly explaining how the dead man was a […]

First , a confession. I’d never heard of Charlie Kirk before his fatal shooting yesterday.The photographs of him present a neat, good-looking conventional 31-year-old, with that wide-eyed look you sometimes see coming from evangelist Christian.That doesn’t mean he was totally caught up in spiritual matters. On the contrary – he married a former Miss Arizona […]

PAT AND I TALK TO PAUL GOSLING, FINANCIAL JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR OF ‘A NEW IRELAND: A 10-YEAR PLAN’

  Gavin Robinson’s recent claim that Michelle O’Neill is not “a First Minister for all” is not merely wrong—it is deliberately blind to her proven record of reconciliation and symbol-shattering leadership. In May 2023, O’Neill attended King Charles III’s coronation and made plain why, stating: “We live in changing times and it was the respectful […]

There is a debate being conducted (a very polite debate, since it’s in the Irish Times) about the provision of apartment balconies, particularly in Dublin.The argument for them is that they give you access to outdoors without having to go down ten storeys.  The argument for not (necessarily) having them is that they add up […]

Trump the Peacemaker: An Irish perspective Whilst we can’t say for certain of course, it seems likely, that if Donald Trump had not been elected President in his first term (2017-2021), the war in Afghanistan would still be raging away. Either way, Trump’s decision to make peace with the Taliban, even allowing for those final shambolic […]

Trump the Peacemaker: An Irish perspective Whilst we can’t say for certain of course, it seems likely, that if Donald Trump had not been elected President in his first term (2017-2021), the war in Afghanistan would still be raging away. Either way, Trump’s decision to make peace with the Taliban, even allowing for those final shambolic […]

Trump the Peacemaker: An Irish perspective Whilst we can’t say for certain of course, it seems likely, that if Donald Trump had not been elected President in his first term (2017-2021), the war in Afghanistan would still be raging away. Either way, Trump’s decision to make peace with the Taliban, even allowing for those final shambolic […]

                  The Genocide in Gaza Goes on by Joe McVeigh  During the last 22 months, at least 63,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli government. At least 240 journalists have been killed by the IDF. Of these 193 were Palestinians who were trying to […]

The Genocide in Gaza Goes on by Joe McVeigh  During the last 22 months, at least 63,000 civilians have been killed in Gaza by the Israeli government. At least 240 journalists have been killed by the IDF. Of these 193 were Palestinians who were trying to let the outside world know the truth about what […]