An abbreviated version of this letter, leaving out some Azov atrocities, appeared in the Irish News of 24th June 2026, Ed. Ukraine's Azov Battalion! [Letter in response to the Dan Peleschuk article in the Irish News (p2), Friday 19th June 2026] The glowing article of Dan Peleschuk, former Editor of New Atlanticist, in the Irish Newsof 19th June, lauds the resilience and endurance … Continue reading Ukraine’s Azov Battalion!
Irish Foreign Policy
Hague Tribunal Rejects Ukraine’s Crimea claims!
The ruling marks a “convincing victory” in a decade-long maritime dispute, the Russian Foreign Ministry has said A Hague-based Arbitration Tribunal has rejected Ukrainian maritime claims against Russia, including attempts to challenge Moscow’s sovereignty over Crimea and surrounding waters. Ukraine launched the case in 2016 before the Permanent Court of Arbitration under the UN Convention on the Law of the … Continue reading Hague Tribunal Rejects Ukraine’s Crimea claims!
The End Of The Empire?
There are two views about the Trump Presidency. The majority view appears to be that Trump is deranged, erratic and irrational. A minority view is that there is a coherence about the State’s policy. However, the two views are not incompatible. Trump is erratic, but the State is coherent. In his Presidential campaign he advocated … Continue reading The End Of The Empire?
The Strait Of Hormuz In Law
Letter to the Editor The sea in the Strait is claimed as the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. The following is from Wikipedia (see below) and it explains the current situation and how it evolved from the 1970s. Iran in 1982 adopted the policy that only shipping related to those States which had signed … Continue reading The Strait Of Hormuz In Law
Venezuela And Other Aggressions
The US regime change or coup d'etat in Venezuela last January made little sense initially. Though the left-leaning, President Maduro had long been a thorn in the side of the US administration and its narrative of how 'things should be done', he was no Fidel Castro and Venezuela was no 1960s Cuba. Why then would … Continue reading Venezuela And Other Aggressions
President Connolly Warns of Global Shift To “Might is Right” In First Overseas Speech
20.4.26 Intro to The Journal's report by a retired Swedish trade union official who worked at the ICTU for a while and is now living in Ireland: "Irish President Catherine Connolly met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. She attended the important international meeting in Barcelona to defend democracy. A meeting in which Mexican President … Continue reading President Connolly Warns of Global Shift To “Might is Right” In First Overseas Speech
Government And ‘Neutrality’— Letters
Government And 'Neutrality' Micheál Martin’s description of the failure to report US military overflights as “not normal” raises fundamental questions: what is now considered “normal” in Ireland’s approach to neutrality, and where does constitutional accountability lie? (“Failure to report US overflights ‘not normal’,” Politics, April 21st). Under Article 28 of the Constitution, executive power is … Continue reading Government And ‘Neutrality’— Letters
Trump: Caught In A Trap!
“Caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, Because I love you too much, Bibi!” President Trump is caught in a trap—very much of his own making! In being the leader of the Western Hemisphere, Trump has also ensnared the West in the trap, laid by Netanyahu and Israel over decades. For at least 25 … Continue reading Trump: Caught In A Trap!
Ireland, Poland and all humanity need peace not war
The Polish and Irish people have suffered too much historically, due to wars and occupation. Poland’s central European location makes its borders difficult to defend. Ireland’s isolated Atlantic ‘island behind an island’ location left it vulnerable to abusive British imperialism. Poland and Ireland achieved independence after World War I. While Ireland avoided the devastation of … Continue reading Ireland, Poland and all humanity need peace not war
Letters to the Editor
Israel: Support For The War On Iran? A reader has suggested that Israel has— "A general policy of hegemony, which some Jews supported and many opposed." Philip O'Connor responds: Are you sure you have not inverted the "some" and "many"? I don't know of a single official or semi-official Jewish organisation in the world that was not … Continue reading Letters to the Editor
