I try to be fair, even to such irritating people as Michael D Higgins, Ireland’s president since 2011. Published: 27 June 2023 But his self-importance, silliness, vanity and sanctimony grate on me, as well as his arrogance and self-aggrandisement in trampling on the...
So why doesn’t the Irish Republic join the Commonwealth? Published: 6 June 2023 We live in a dangerous world. Why does it squander opportunities to make new friends? Yesterday and today the Commonwealth Trade Ministers are in London discussing how best to boost...
Sadly, Sinn Fein is perhaps the closest to power of all the populist movements in Europe that have displayed unhealthy sympathies for Russia Published: 15 March 2022 Last week, caught on the hop by the behaviour of Vladimir Putin, for whom it has a soft spot, Sinn...
