Ireland Has No Buffer
Ireland's exposure to the 2026 oil shock is not that the tankers stop. The crude never stopped. It is that a country importing four-fifths of …
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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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The Fab and the Island
For two decades, the strategic conversation about Taiwan has been organised around the wrong question. The wrong question is whether China will invade Taiwan, and …
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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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