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MANY ON the left are still trying to clarify their line on Ukraine but the Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) and Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) have reached the clearest and firmest of positions. The CPI has lined up alongside Communist parties from Spain, USA, Iran, Britain, Denmark, France, the Philippines and Palestine in releasing… Read more »

AN TAOISEACH Micheál Martin, emitted obligatory outrage at Vladimir Putin’s recent move to put Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert – “extremely reckless and irresponsible” – given the aggressive statements from Britain’s foreign secretary, Liz Truss. But what really annoyed those with any knowledge of global efforts to abolish or minimise nuclear weapons was… Read more »

PAUL KIMMAGE’S second four-page ‘special’ on Irish horseracing’s dirty secrets might have been expected to include some real juice but the 7,000 words proved anti-climactic. Indeed, readers may have been scratching their heads about the whole point of the two spreads in the Sindo sports section. Not surprisingly, there has been plenty of criticism of… Read more »

CHARLIE McCONALOGUE’S pitch for farmers to produce more grain sounds, ironically, like a Russian five-year plan from the Soviet era. But for the government over the past decade, the dominant narrative about Irish agriculture has been shaped by the agri-industrial giants and enthusiastically endorsed by farm organisations. This storyline is that break-neck expansion of the… Read more »

OUTSPOKEN RACEHORSE trainer Jim Bolger has been stirring things up in the sport of kings by claiming a ‘Lance Armstrong’ figure is set to emerge and throw the sport into disrepute. The comments have not resulted in much of a backlash, as evidenced by the election of his head lad to be the representative of… Read more »

GOLDHAWK IS indebted to US journalist Mike Whitney and other players in the United States for explaining what has really happened in Ukraine and how the gameplan, if not the actual war in that country, is already over. Whitney argues – with evidence from various US analysts like geopolitical strategist George Friedman – that the… Read more »

ALREADY PUZZLED Rathgar parishioners at the Church of Three Patrons will be scratching their heads at the contents of last week’s parish newsletter. Under the headline ‘Thank You’, newly installed parish priest Fr Andrew O’Sullivan wrote: “As part of the ongoing reorganisation within the parish” a named former popular pastoral worker had “sadly” left this… Read more »