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?

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.

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.

Handout tried to comply, struggling to recall the names of the hordes of hoop stars, Hollywood has-beens, Hollywood should-never-have-beens, and political poseurs, whose primary function is to divert the masses from information with the potential to provide power to the powerless

Perhaps we could all take from his example, and embark on our own journeys of discovery, in rewilding our minds in favour of that which is most rooted, embedded and authentic to our own being-in-the-world.

Slovakia is less a sovereign nation than a clientelist machine, wrapped in flags and icons.

Trump Obsession Disorder is not just a mental disorder that can be contracted by those that hate Trump—although this is the majority of cases—it can also be contracted by those that love him.

Politically correct slander is a weapon of suppression, a method of stifling dissent. Such narrative control becomes especially central when what is taking place is clearly deranged. 

They did not go out on that April morning hoping to return, they knew that was not their fate.

The most controversial thing though was my statement that John Mitchel was not part of the Irish nation. A masculine man, a man who suffered for Ireland, but not Irish.

If Sinn Féin hold out until a left alliance is possible with them in the lead, their solidification as Ireland’s premier party will be secure.

[O]ne can see the inherent tension between cultural traditionalism, and the revolutionary depravity of Capital, which requires constant expansion, gigantism and growth — regardless of ecological and cultural deficit:

In the modern age, the concept of beauty has become entirely meaningless – leaving a spiritual void in an increasingly unappealing world.

Without poetry fighting to keep Ireland's soul, we would have been subsumed by the English.

There is a deep and healing Platonism at work here. The Platonists themselves called it anamnesis - the great work of piercing through the mental fog that surrounds us and stepping out again into the fullness of being.