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Now hopeless Trump can’t even win a stolen election

It was going to be so easy. Get hardcore supporters to recount votes and Trump would certainly “win but something happened on the way to the fraud count.

Politics

General Milley's fighting Irish roots helped him stand up to Trump

General Mark Milley, currently at the center of a revelation in the upcoming book "Peril," has previously noted the support of his "close-knit, small Irish" community.

Other Writers

How Donald Trump could win the White House again

"The guy is becoming a cartoon character, lacking all good sense and common decency, yet millions still love him."

Other Writers

Is the USA descending into Troubles-era Northern Ireland?

A couple of really smart dudes are worried that Trump America may be launching a Northern Ireland-style siege on the U.S.

Other Writers

The memoir Mike Pence should write about Trump and the GOP

The idea that a major media company actually has to justify its publication of a memoir by a former vice president is nearly as lame as, well, most of what Mike Pence is shoveling these days.

Cahir O'Doherty

The insurrection will not end until it is confronted

Trump didn't represent the American Dream, he represented its shadow side, the one that sits on a crock of gold like an overfed leprechaun and gives a middle finger to his critics all over the world.

Cahir O'Doherty

Trump's legacy: dress rehearsals for fascism and the end of the world

Trump's far-right supporters have come closer than they ever have before to seizing power, and they have been energized by the experience, not chastened.

Entertainment

Donald Trump to attend Irish fan Conor McGregor's fight in Las Vegas

Donald Trump won words of praise from Irish UFC star Conor McGregor who called him a "phenomenal president" last year.

Cahir O'Doherty

Donald Trump lit a political firestorm - it's still burning

"Trump is the American conservative white man's (and woman's) Ian Paisley and his disastrous four-year presidency is now their prelude to the Troubles."

Niall O'Dowd

How bad is racism in the United States? What Trump unleashed

Is there racism in America? Is the Pope a Catholic? Obviously, the answer to both questions is yes.

Irish Voice

Democracy is on the line in post-Trump chaos

It is such a dangerous period that we cannot forecast with any certainty how this battle will pan out and whether we are on the verge of losing our democratic system or not.

Niall O'Dowd

Church bows down to Pope Trump, attacks Biden

One can only imagine the frustration of that great and good man Pope Francis, as he views what his roughshod renegades in the American Catholic right have now wrought.

Cahir O'Doherty

Senate hearings for Trump's Covid-19 failures needed

"We should also reflect on the catastrophic and incompetent response of the Trump administration to the growing pandemic, the greatest national security threat."

Niall O'Dowd

Trump back in White House by August and "traitor" General Flynn to lead the coup?

Trump's belief that he's heading back for the White House this summer is being bolstered by Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell.

Niall O'Dowd

Great news - Donald Trump is back and he’s crazier than ever

The former president of the United States is back in the political arena which is very good news for Democrats.

Politics

Trump stiffed bodyguard $130 for Big Macs

Kevin McCay claimed that Donald Trump still owes him $130 for a huge order of McDonald's cheeseburgers in 2008.

Other Writers

Joe Biden must rescue the Northern Ireland peace process

The greatest thing Biden can do this St. Patrick’s week is to make clear to the British that the Good Friday Agreement trumps all other issues when it comes to Ireland.

Opinion

Leo Varadkar's Protestant Sinn Féin jibes another example of Ireland's shift to Trumpian politics

Tanáiste Leo Varadkar labeled Sinn Féin a "sectarian" party because they have no Protestant TDs or Senators, only to be publicly embarrassed moments later by a Protestant Sinn Féin TD.

Cahir O'Doherty

Trump's final gift to us was the year without friends

As we begin to discern an end to this terrible pandemic, it's important to reflect on what happened to us all. On where we were and how we got there.

Other Writers

Trump responsible through neglect for many of the 500,000 COVID victims

Imagine the population of the city of Atlanta, all 524,000 residents, succumbing to a virus, and you have a snapshot of what has happened in America with Covid.