Bad news for democracy, advertisers and you.

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The Art of the Post-Career Mea Not-So-Culpa

The lake will outlast Trump's latest decree.

Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane was a vicious sectarian murderer – Sinn Féin should not eulogise him

The Russian ambassador to Ireland keeps threatening the country.

https://www.irishpoliticsnewsletter.ie/p/russia-warns-ireland-again

On 3 Aug 1916, Roger Casement was hanged in Pentonville Prison. Joseph Zerhusen, a German soldier & his interpreter, shared recollections of Casement, his time in Germany & events leading to the Banna Strand landing in the programme ‘Roger Casement Remembered’ with RTE's Proinsias Mac Aonghusa.

On the anniversary of the death of John Hume, some poignant words of wisdom from the great man. "You can't eat a flag".

John Hume: You see, what he meant by that was it was on the streets of the time elections were taking place, as they always did with both sides waving flags. And young people are getting all excited. And my father was standing watching this with me, and he tapped me on the shoulder, and he said, “Don’t you get involved in that stuff, son”. I say, “Why not, Dad?”. And he says, “You can’t eat a flag”. In other words, what he was saying is that real politics is about the living standards, about social and economic development. It’s not about waving flags at one another.”

In “It’s Still a Pogrom,” The Irish Politics Newsletter examines the June 2026 violence in Belfast that erupted after a Sudanese man was charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie. Masked groups moved through the streets, chanting “Foreigners out,” burning bins, cars, and buses, and targeting people in their homes.