MEON is proud to present an Irish translation of ‘Die Lorelei’, a poem by the famous German Romanticist poet Heinrich Heine.

Representative democracy is all about the illusion of control. The belief that the system will be responsive. That one can effect change if only the right button is pushed a sufficient number of times.

If a movement does not hold the line on ideals, its downstream cultural and political outputs will be corrupted. It is even more troubling when those who take part in a movement don’t even know what their ideals are. If you have a problem with any of this, Reddit and Elon’s slop pen are down the hall and to the left.

28 Years Later effectively imagines a future England selecting ethnic containment as the last workable form of nationhood.

Reversing mass migration and reviving European power on the global stage should be the Pole Stars of European liberation. Instead, they are at odds, bifurcated by the divisions between National Populists and Euro-Federalists. This is the tragedy of our age. 

Burke pursued a fruitless campaign of defiance which has resulted in a judicial limbo of imprisonment and financial punishment.

Martin reaffirmed Ireland’s one-China policy, acknowledged China’s development achievements and reiterated Ireland’s commitment to strengthening both bilateral ties and broader EU–China cooperation.

The reality of what happened in the Burke case is more abstruse and quixotic than either side in the culture war has been willing to admit.

Being impotent, their agency must necessarily be projected onto an exterior figure or symbol - man and semiotic dovetail in Trump. We may dispense with the notion of ideology at this stage, for Trumpism constitutes less an ideology than a fetish: a father fetish for the inert who despise their impotence. They live, truly live, vicariously through him. In actuality, they’re akin to a battered wife suffering from an acute case of Stockholm Syndrome. The MAGA base is content with Trump’s serial infidelity: from foreign interventions to his statements regarding H-1B.

It was a never-ending party, day and night, with orgies and an unceasing supply of cocaine, alongside breath taking aesthetic spectacle, arts, rituals, festivals, collective ecstasy and political experimentation, where different ideologies could co-exist and test out their various subjectivities in a sandbox. Its economy, a pirate one, financed by looting and theft, from surrounding areas. In all this, lies the uniqueness of the Fiume Commune - that it refuses sedimentation

Now, in the wake of Catherine Connolly being elected as President of Ireland I will explain why, despite being sympathetic to some of Connolly’s positions, I spoiled my vote, and I will do so against the backdrop of the horror story from Citywest.

And during the eulogy my aunt spoke of how she would walk with her out to the car, dragging herself from her hospital bed, her agony a pure act of devotion. What excuse do I have?

MEON is proud to present an Irish translation of ‘Oase Plângând’, a poem by the acclaimed Romanian poet Nichita Stănescu.

To the best of my knowledge I am the person who coined the term, but I am not at all responsible for its popularisation. It was somewhat strange for me to watch the term take on a life of its own, years after I had first coined it.

Home Secretary Herbert Samuel described the violence as unacceptable and "weaponising.. by people who wish to sow dissent in our society".

Now Irishmen forget the past, (that’s why they joined the EU),
And think of the day that’s coming fast,
When we shall all be lobotomized,
Tongues clipped, arms chipped, and sanitized,
And the end of this nation realized.
So we say, “Go away” to cows and butter and evil ways.

Be careful lest you devote yourself to a movement that is, in actuality, a psychologist’s scheme.

Has the introduction of the television into Irish society done more harm than good?

Rooney spoke as a prophet. He prepared the way and foresaw the victory, and he helped his nation to rise and, by developing its soul, to get ready for victory.

By Connolly’s definition, we are under siege — mass migration serves the capitalist and political classes.