Firstly, I hope you and all those you love have had the happiest of Christmases. Published: 27 December 2022 Secondly, I believe that the United Kingdom’s prospects are a great deal better than the doom-mongers claim. They usually are. Bad news sells: good news...
Every political leader deserves a break, but this was a blatant dereliction of duty at a time of war Published: 24 August 2022 At first, my instinct was to sympathise with Sanna Marin, the 36-year-old prime minister of Finland, who is in a media storm over videos of...
The country thought it could have its cake and eat it, by relying on the hated British for its defence Published: 1 July 2022 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is posing Ireland – which is not a Nato member – with difficult choices. In its happy position of having next...
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...
Some unintended consequences of Vladimir Putin’s megalomaniacal and merciless attack on the people of Ukraine that are appearing in Ireland now are embarrassing Sinn Fein. Published: 15 March 2022 Owing to having been brought up and educated in Dublin, and then spent...
