Author: Frank Schnittger

President McAleese opening the Muriel Boothman Centre. The office of President of Ireland is a largely ceremonial one and not directly involved in day to day government decisions. Nevertheless, as the only directly elected...

Fintan O’Toole has an interesting take on why the Brexiteers think they can ultimately force the EU to give the UK what it wants in the Brexit deal: Marxism is alive and well in British politics. The irony, though, is that...

Ever since the election of Donald Trump (which like many others, I didn’t see coming) I have kind of lost interest in US politics. It’s not as if I condemn all Americans as dumb-ass stupid. I have been to the States...

Nigel Farage was in Dublin over the week-end making the case for Ireland to exit the EU along with the UK at a conference organised by the Ukip-led Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group in the EU Parliament. Some of the...

Theresa May, Nigel Farage, Jacob Rees-Mogg, and Boris. As Theresa May flaps about aimlessly in the wind there is much talk within Conservative circles of deposing her. An unnamed cabinet Minister has apparently threatened to...