The workload of Coimisiún na Meán was a topic of conversation at a seminar I attended this week at the European Parliament, during which Silicon Valley whistle-blower Michael Shellenberger hinted that “the deepest darkest elements of the U.S security state” sought to utilise Dublin in their global war on free speech.

“With the waning of left-liberal hegemony in the EU, Ireland, having embraced progressivism, may find itself on the wrong side of a more fragmented, less liberal EU”

This article serves the purpose of a much-needed reality check: to leave the EU would be a catastrophic geopolitical blunder, notwithstanding the economic consequences of such actions.