Ireland
Collusion Cut Both Ways In The Troubles
In May, Gerry Adams told Prince Charles he wanted justice. But he should be careful what he wishes for—Sinn Féin too has much to hide
The Irish Free Variable
A trip through Ireland in the sixties showed a country full of contradictions – which still blight the landscape today
Strike Off the Band
Cowardly Irish folk band Dervish bows to leftist pressure not to play in Israel; now the Jewish state views Ireland as the most hostile member of the EU
Truths Stranger Than Fiction
Lionel Shriver’s new novel brilliantly describes the problems of on-the-spot reportage, a journalistic difficulty negotiated deftly in two recent books about The Troubles
Dreaming of an Islamist Ireland
Officials in Dublin have failed to learn from Britain’s failures and the Muslim Brotherhood is now well-established in the republic
Dublin’s Disappointment
‘The tone in the parks and pubs was that of disappointment. One man was ready to admit – through clenched teeth – that he wished the Brits would take over again’
Outward Bound
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Unravelling the Rule of Law
‘To dignify the thugs of the “Real” and “Continuity” IRA with the name of dissident is to insult real heroes like Sakharov, Solzhenitsyn, Sharansky, and Bukovsky’
Unfamiliar Troubles
‘The claims made for the Northern Irish peace process are unproven—but they are also unhelpful to the point of uselessness’
The Cruiser
Conor Cruise O’Brien (1917-2008): A tribute to Ireland’s greatest modern public intellectual
Why Remoaners should back Boris
“Boris, ironically, now offers Remoaners the best chance of a soft Brexit, or at least a sensible one. And to those who want a second referendum—’the people’s vote’—there may even be a chance of that too.”
On the road
“In the summer of 1980, in the grip of some Kerouac-ish fantasy, I opted to hitch-hike from Laredo to New York”
Discovering the Great War of China
A third of a million Chinese labourers helped the Allies defeat the Kaiser, but their huge unsung contribution ended in betrayal