Irish breaking news | Irish politics

Hush Hush

GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER

February 7, 2019

MEDIA scrutiny of Jacob Rees-Mogg’s attendance at a DUP fundraiser in Ballymena last week largely focused on the comfort he gave to Ian... Read more »

STAKEKNIFE ‘A FICTION’

January 24, 2019
THE UK government’s multimillion pound Stakeknife investigation was thrown into disarray last week after its most controversial storyline was described as a “fiction”. The... Read more »

KINAHANS CRY FOUL

January 10, 2019

The Kinahan crime cartel is accusing the gardaí of favouritism towards the rival Hutch gang after a series of reverses in the last... Read more »

ARRESTING THE MESSENGERS

December 13, 2018

DESPITE WORLDWIDE protests, Belfast-based journalists Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney – arrested by paramilitary units of the PSNI in August – are still... Read more »

GEMMA O’DOHERTY’S NEXT MOVE

December 13, 2018
HAS JOURNALIST Gemma O’Doherty, who failed to get a presidential nomination, begun planning for another shot in seven years? And has she decided that... Read more »

MI5 SNUFF MOVIES

December 13, 2018

THE EXTREME porn conviction against Brit spy in the IRA, Fred Scappaticci, is a very public admission of defeat for Operation Kenova. In... Read more »

BORIS, JEFFREY AND BAHRAIN

November 29, 2018
THE SHAM elections held over the last week in Bahrain coincided with a report from the Irish section of human rights group Front Line... Read more »

SHARON BANNERTON’S NEUTRALITY

November 15, 2018

THERE HAS not been much love shown by the media to presidential runner-up Peter Casey. Even the normally cuddly Ryan Tubridy got his... Read more »

FORENSIC PURSUIT OF DOWNEY

November 15, 2018

THE PSNI’s pursuit of John Downey contrasts with its failure to hunt down those who committed a raft of serious crimes in the... Read more »

LUCINDA’S NEO-CON FRIENDS

November 1, 2018

LUCINDA CREIGHTON, former minister for Europe and Fine Gael enfant terrible, has returned to the continent and the EU lobbying gravy train with... Read more »

LICENCE TO KILL: MARTIN O’HAGAN

October 18, 2018

The murder and state detention of journalists is currently worldwide news, but the anniversary last month of the slaying of Sunday World journalist... Read more »

PAUL POGBA’S BRAND

October 18, 2018

WHILE MANCHESTER United fans have been despairing at the underwhelming performance of superstar Paul Pogba, the Irish end of the story continues to... Read more »

WILD ATLANTIC FASCISTS

October 4, 2018

A GARDA ASU (armed support unit) assisting detectives from Milford and involving four garda jeeps recently raided a home near Annagry, close to... Read more »

LESLIE BUCKLEY’S GOOD TIMES

October 4, 2018

Leslie Buckley has had a lot on his plate courtesy of that investigation into Independent News and Media by the ODCE. However, the... Read more »

KINAHANS’ LAUNDRY

September 20, 2018

AMID TABLOID allegations of the Kinahan cartel sourcing personnel and supplies from Eastern Europe, particularly Estonia, the question has to be asked why... Read more »

OMAGH BOMB AND MARTHA POPE

August 23, 2018

DESPITE Dame Nuala O’Loans extraordinary ‘intelligence’ intervention last week and the media spotlight on the 20th anniversary of the Omagh bomb, there’s been... Read more »

DUP FOREIGN POLICY

August 9, 2018

AN INDIGNANT letter to The Irish Times this week from the London Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain defended its human rights record... Read more »

SIMON COVENEY’S HEADACHE

August 9, 2018

CANADA’S militant pursuit of human rights in Saudi Arabia will have left foreign minister Simon Coveney at a loss as he watches the... Read more »

GERRY ADAMS AND STOREY ATTACKS

July 26, 2018

REVELATIONS in the recent British House of Lords report on police use of underage CHIS (covert human intelligence sources) is directly relevant to... Read more »

IAN PAISLEY’S AGENDA

July 26, 2018

WHEN Ian Paisley told an unnamed Sri Lankan government official over a lavish dinner in 2013 that he had useful contacts in the... Read more »

JACKIE LAVIN’S WARRIOR ACTIONS

June 13, 2018

SPARE A thought for Jackie Lavin and Bill Cullen whose long-running battle with the dreaded bankers has been taking its toll. The latest... Read more »

MI5 LINK MAN FOR GARDA TOP JOB?

June 13, 2018

WHAT A curious appointment as new garda commissioner PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Drew Harris (OBE) would make. This is especially so given the... Read more »

DUP’S DIVINE RIGHT

May 31, 2018

ONE has to admire British Prime Minister Theresa May’s chutzpah in elevating former DUP MP, the Rev William McCrea, to the House of... Read more »

YFG TREND SETTERS

May 31, 2018

IF Fianna Fáil TDs and members come across as Good Ol’ Boys following their referendum antics then what does the next generation of... Read more »

MORE DUBLIN / UK HACKING EVIDENCE

May 17, 2018

THE gruesome murder in 1987 of a London private investigator, Daniel Morgan, recently the subject of a case taken for malicious prosecution against... Read more »

MIAMI SHOWBAND GERMAN CLUE

May 3, 2018

Does a rare German World War II ‘KM’ watch hold vital clues to the Miami Showband massacre? There are clear indications that this... Read more »

ROBERT NAIRAC’S PADRE COLLEAGUE

April 19, 2018

RTE’s Prime Time has begun rebroadcasting on its website an apologia for Dirty War operative Robert Nairac despite public demands for the film’s... Read more »

Olga’s cases

April 19, 2018

GOLDHAWK’S favourite Russian lawyer, Olga Shajaku, popped up in the news last weekend when her client found himself accused of owing a fellow... Read more »

MORE EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION

April 5, 2018

THE significance of a secret paper confirming collusion between British security and Loyalist murder squads, part of the government’s raft of state paper... Read more »

Edward Burke’s CV

April 4, 2018

A good example of crisis bringing opportunity was The Irish Times publication of Dr Edward Burke’s polemic in favour of Ireland expelling a... Read more »

MOSSAD’S LITTLE HELPERS

February 8, 2018

THE Israeli embassy’s exit from Dublin will not diminish that country’s intelligence apparatus from accessing Irish passport details and other useful data. On... Read more »

DUP DARK MONEY AND THERESA MAY

December 14, 2017

DANISH financier Peter Hæstrup, who has been linked to the DUP’s dark money Brexit campaign, may be the real reason British prime minister... Read more »

MANY STONES UNTURNED

November 30, 2017

THE MURDER of comedian Patrick Kielty’s father is key to understanding the Loughinisland massacre and the wider campaign by loyalist murder gangs in... Read more »

FANCY THAT

November 30, 2017

(Hildegarde) Rearguard Naughton was the first Fine Gael TD to call for Frances Fitzgerald to go. Rearguard was elected on the 14th count... Read more »

Suzanne Jackson’s €1m blog

November 30, 2017

‘BEAUTY AND lifestyle’ blogger Suzanne ‘So Sue Me’ Jackson is really starting to clean up with her online activities but not everything is... Read more »

BRITISH AGENTS IN IRELAND

September 7, 2017

THE meeting in the European Parliament hosted by Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan this week about the activities of British undercover police in... Read more »