Author: Frank Schnittger

With Booman off on his holidays to consider his future, I thought I might contribute an outside perspective which he may, or may not, find of interest.  All of us have benefited greatly from his analyses here, and the...

Fintan O’Toole’s “Brexiteers’ foolishness gives Ireland control” has neatly summarised what I have been saying over a number of posts in the last few months: Yes, those really are vague pink...

Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney once famously characterised the polite Irish society approach to difficult or awkward topics as “whatever you say, say nothing” and Irish politicians have, in the main, practised that...

Both the Irish Independent and the Irish Times (scroll down the page) have published my letter criticising the hypocrisy of Judges criticising elected politicians for commenting on the suitability of Judges on the grounds of the...

Sometimes you have to examine your motives for writing stridently on a particular topic: what is it that provokes you to turn to print? I have now written over 400 articles for the European Tribune, and 40 of them have been on...