Argentina invaded and captured the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982. The British Government promptly dispatched a task force to repel the invaders. Diplomacy meandered back and forth while the ships sailed to the south Atlantic. British troops established a foothold on the islands by the end of May and…

On Wednesday, 15 November, the leader of Sinn Féin, Mary Lou McDonald rose from her seat in Dáil Eireann to confront the Taoiseach during the slot known as Leaders’ Questions. Ms. McDonald began: Israel’s merciless attack on the people of Gaza continues. Ms. McDonald’s account of the unquestionably dreadful things…

Ernie O’Malley was unusual if not unique in being both a leading participant in and chronicler of both the war for Irish independence and the civil war that immediately followed it. O’Malley was born in 1897 in Castlebar, the second of 11 children in a solid middle-class family. The family…

“We have a situation now where it is easy to point the finger at the Minister for Health… …I understand the Minister’s disappointment. It is quite obvious… I share that disappointment but, more than anything, the public shares the disappointment in the Government’s failure to adequately fund our health service.” …

Conservative Home describes itself as Britain’s leading independent conservative news and analysis site[i]. During September, the site ran a series of ten articles over a fortnight about the need to reduce the size of government in Britain and how this might be done. The articles did not purport to set…

Back in August, I noticed a tweet by our Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, commenting on one from his party colleague, Senator Aisling Dolan. Senator Dolan had welcomed the opening of a new bridge in Athlone as the latest step in the establishment of a cycleway between Dublin and Galway. Mr. Varadkar…

On 30 September, The Irish Times published a dispatch from Hannah McCarthy about the Freedom Theatre in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Opened in 2006, the Freedom Theatre seeks to promote cultural forms of resistance in the camp which is “home” to approximately 17,000 refugees. The…

This coming week I reach my 66th birthday, thus qualifying for the state pension and free travel on public transport in Ireland. Those benefits are certainly nice to have. However, once certified a pensioner, it is impossible to dodge the reality of being indisputably old. …

The Economist of 23 September had two related articles on long-term trends already underway in Asia that are gradually shifting the contours of its overall political and economic balance, especially as between China and its other comparatively rich countries. The articles have relevance closer to home. The first[i] under the…