Independent commentary on Irish government, EU sovereignty, civil rights and the cost of living. The dispatches the public broadcaster leaves out — written and recorded on the streets of Dublin.
Dooley says the war fear mongering in Ireland has been ratcheting up over a couple of days, with the European Union defence ministers meeting one day and the 27 foreign affairs ministers the next, chaired by the European Union's representative for foreign affairs and attended by the British foreign secretary. The trigger for the day was the drone attack of the 4th of August, which he says European Union leaders condemned in lock step as a hybrid attack by Russia while no clear evidence or proof has been produced, and the response now under discussion is banning travel visas for Russians. He points at the Nord Stream explosion as the precedent for a story that changed once investigators looked at it, and reads the deindustrialisation that followed, including four Volkswagen factories reported to be shutting down, as a transfer of European industry to United States gas. His main new thread is the savings and investment union, with von der Leyen looking to activate the trillions sitting in deposit accounts and Simon Harris announcing an Irish savings and investment plan, which he reads as citizens' savings being pulled towards the war machine. He ends on the triple lock and the finished mission in Lebanon, and calls for an anti-war movement across Europe.
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Independent commentary on Irish government, EU sovereignty, civil rights and the cost of living. The dispatches the public broadcaster leaves out — written and recorded on the streets of Dublin.
Dooley says the war fear mongering in Ireland has been ratcheting up over a couple of days, with the European Union defence ministers meeting one day and the 27 foreign affairs ministers the next, chaired by the European Union's representative for foreign affairs and attended by the British foreign secretary. The trigger for the day was the drone attack of the 4th of August, which he says European Union leaders condemned in lock step as a hybrid attack by Russia while no clear evidence or proof has been produced, and the response now under discussion is banning travel visas for Russians. He points at the Nord Stream explosion as the precedent for a story that changed once investigators looked at it, and reads the deindustrialisation that followed, including four Volkswagen factories reported to be shutting down, as a transfer of European industry to United States gas. His main new thread is the savings and investment union, with von der Leyen looking to activate the trillions sitting in deposit accounts and Simon Harris announcing an Irish savings and investment plan, which he reads as citizens' savings being pulled towards the war machine. He ends on the triple lock and the finished mission in Lebanon, and calls for an anti-war movement across Europe.
A preparedness booklet for every household, and Dooley asks which emergency it is really for·Fuel protests escalate: Gardaí move in around 4am — “the state has shown its true vicious teeth”·The Killarney killing should be a turning point in Ireland·Leinster House barricaded: “so much for democracy”·Killarney suspect flees the country as politicians and media brush it “under the carpet”·
A preparedness booklet for every household, and Dooley asks which emergency it is really for·Fuel protests escalate: Gardaí move in around 4am — “the state has shown its true vicious teeth”·The Killarney killing should be a turning point in Ireland·Leinster House barricaded: “so much for democracy”·Killarney suspect flees the country as politicians and media brush it “under the carpet”·
