May 28, 2025
Speech by Senator Michael McDowell, Grand Canal Hotel, Friday, 16th May, 2025 The single point of maximum vulnerability for the EU is its abject failure to deal with mass migration into Europe. That is the Achilles heel of centrist Europe. Incorporating an...
Apr 2, 2025
The Association of European Journalists (AEJ) expresses profound concern and unequivocally condemns the recent arrest of nine journalists in Istanbul. These detentions occurred amidst widespread protests following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu on March...
Mar 27, 2025
Did the Covid-19 lockdowns do more harm than good? Did anything positive come from the pandemic? And how can we prepare for the next one? To try to answer these three questions, we must use science. Of all the things we do as humans, science is the most reliable way...
Feb 9, 2025
The International Press Institute (IPI), together with undersigned press freedom, freedom of expression, human rights, and journalists’ organizations, and media outlets, expresses serious concern over the recent escalation of press freedom violations in Turkey,...
Jan 31, 2025
By Dan Mulhall, former Irish Ambassador to Washington Friday, January 31st, 2025 Diplomats know that governments come and go, and are canny enough to maintain contacts on both sides of America’s political aisle. As a former ambassador to the US, I believe we need to...
Jan 29, 2025
Gary Murphy, Professor of Politics at Dublin City University, on the how the Opposition voted itself back into the also rans yet again The story of 2025 will be how that centre holds itself together as it settles in for another full term in office. The...
