The Standards Were Never Meant to Be Met
Irish public-policy standards are not aspirational goals being inadequately pursued. They are theatrical artefacts written with engineered holes by the lobbyists who help draft them, …
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Sold the view, extinguished the path
In April 2024 Fáilte Ireland announced that the Wild Atlantic Way generates €3 billion in annual tourism revenue. Six months later the State quietly removed …
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The Evidence Nobody Brings Into The Room
In 2013 the UK Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, was asked on live radio whether he could live on £53 …
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Every Reform, None Enacted!
Every election since 2007 has produced fresh pledges on political accountability. Registers of interest. Codes of conduct. Ethics commissions. Lobbying regulations. Whistleblower protections. Each arrived, …
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Two Terms! No more!
Last Sunday, Hungarian voters answered a constitutional question Irish voters have never been asked. Should the chief executive of the country be allowed to serve …
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Irish Minister Who Thinks the Problem Is the Coverage
Patrick O'Donovan, Minister for Media, Communications, Culture and Sport, went on Limerick's Live 95 today and said he would ask Coimisiún na Meán — Ireland's …
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This Is Not Normal
You already know something is wrong. You've known for a while. The news cycle confirms it daily: climate collapse accelerating past every guardrail, genocide broadcast …
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It Is Too Much
It is too much. That is the first thing to say, and most of the writing about the present moment will not say it, because …
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The Blue Line in the Sand
On Sunday morning, an Indonesian peacekeeper was killed by a projectile that struck a United Nations position near the village of Adchit Al Qusayr, in …
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The State of Your Privacy in Ireland: Everything You're Not Being Told
Ireland is the privacy capital of Europe — on paper. In practice, there is no law against doxxing, no protection from AI deepfakes, €4 billion …
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