There’s an intellectual insecurity to the Irish ruling class, its political parties, its media, its blind followers. Driven by despair, it needs little encouragement, enjoys company and this week Catherine Connolly’s defence of self-determination was all it took.
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) didn’t follow proper procedures when it hired Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin as chief operating officer, according to a confidential letter from a whistleblower to then taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
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A Basque company last week sent almost half a tonne of vehicle components to Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems – the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) largest weapons supplier.
An Irish airline illegally transported munitions to Israel – despite just months before taking part in a Microsoft Teams call with Department of Transport officials after reports of its munitions flights to Israel.
German national airline Lufthansa has been illegally transporting missile components through Dublin Airport to the Thales arms factory in Belfast for the past year.
The Department of Transport contacted Israel's national airline about flights illegally carrying weapons through Irish airspace – but officials tolerated El Al stalling the investigation for almost eight months after the company hired lawyers.
The political right hates Michael D Higgins – with good reason.
Make a one-time donation to The Ditch An ex-Fine Gael councillor accused of sexual assault by three boys and shot in a punishment-style attack became an assistant to a High Court judge investigating the councillor’s senior party colleagues. Gardaí allegedly caught Philip Gillick, who died last
The Israeli Ministry of Justice told a controversial pro-Israel lobby group and US politicians that the Dáil passing of the Occupied Territories Bill was “perhaps the worst moment" of 2019 – and spoke of Israel’s efforts to "support the Irish government's stance" of blocking the legislation.
Irish state authorities last month assisted three FedEx flights through Irish territory as they illegally carried F-35 combat jet parts to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) airbase.
A ship carrying 374 tonnes of bomb shells has passed through EU maritime territory on its way to Israel.