Podcast: Padraig O Ruairc on the history of Fascism in Ireland
John Dorney interview Padraig O Ruairc on his new book Burn Them Out, A History of Fascism and the far right in …
Attorney General versus Tom Barry: The Curious Tale of Tom and the Tommy Gun
By Aaron Ó Maonaigh On 4 May 1934 the contemporary press reported that Thomas ‘Tom’ Barry, ‘one of the most famed and …
The Economic War, 1932-38
By John Dorney In 2025, the world has once again become acutely aware of the use of tariffs as an instrument of …
Book Review: Saving the State: Fine Gael from Collins to Varadkar
By Stephen Collins and Ciara Meehan Published by: Gill Books (2020) Reviewer: Barry Sheppard We have all come to realise that, despite …
‘God’s Battle’: O’Duffy’s Irish Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
The Irish unit that fought for Franco in 1936-37. By John Dorney In late 1936, a young unemployed Dubliner, Seamus MacKee, was …
Book Review: Party Politics in a New Democracy: The Irish Free State, 1922-37
By Mel Farrell. Pp xiv, 332, Published by Palgrave Macmillan. 2017. illus. Cham, Switzerland & London;€93.59. Reviewer: Timothy Ellis A good …
Book Review: Judging W.T. Cosgrave
Judging W.T. Cosgrave by Michael Laffan Published by Royal Irish Academy Press, Dublin 2014 Reviewer: Daniel Murray Judging W.T. Cosgrave is the …