🇮🇪☘️💚Hipearnáisiúnach. Gníomhaí. Neamhspleách. Politics and history undergraduate. Local volunteer. Fuath, Nua, Bua! BEIR BUA! 🔰💙💜 🪖🐈🎮
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The EU's 2027 budget exposes the contradiction at the heart of Brussels' ambitions.
Of €199.7bn in commitments, just €3.08bn (1.54%) is allocated to security and defence, while €650m is earmarked for the Ukraine Support Loan, alongside wider assistance through other instruments.
Meanwhile, €75.76bn goes towards "Cohesion, Resilience and Values".
What the hell is even that?
What does that even mean?
And yet it has the highest allocation category.
Where's the pragmatism?
And also, to speak of "cohesion, resilience and values", the EU has ruined social cohesion of our lands with migrant inundation, shown no resilience in condemning and stopping Israel's actions in the middle east, nor done anything but insult European values by way of its persistence in the venture to nationally emaciate pride of our heritage and culture.
At a time of mounting geopolitical instability, Europe continues to talk about strategic autonomy while failing to adequately prioritise the military capabilities required to achieve it.
European security cannot indefinitely depend on Washington, nor should support for Ukraine become an open-ended commitment without clear strategic objectives, accountability and a diplomatic endgame.
"Social cohesion and inclusion" have their place, but spending is not there to deliver tangible improvements to European citizens' lives.
Rather this simply expands bureaucratic and ideological programmes.
Europe cannot call itself a geopolitical power while treating its own defence as a secondary priority.
Strategic autonomy requires military strength, fiscal discipline and most importantly...putting European citizens first.
Sadam Hussein had a whole custom quran made written from litres of his own blood over the course of a two year project.
That is so cool.
Virgin egoic monotheism proselytisation versus chad polytheistic constant customisation and coexistence.
Go pagan.
Beir bua.
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Pakistani Member of Scottish Parliament Irshad Ahmed wants alcohol banned in all pubs in Scotland.
Thankfully we currently have no Muslim TDs or Senators.
In fact, we have only ever had one years ago.
But that will change in time if we don't course correct against this new proposed nascent Islamic Labour Party
It will only be a matter of time and we should use the fact we are ahead of Scotland on this as an opportunity to divert in repudiation.
Irshad Ahmed said pubs are great places for socializing but the presence of alcohol prevents Muslim from using those spaces since Islam prohibits alcohol consumption.
I always find it funny how muslims despite having 57 Islamic countries always try to leave their country and take citizenship in non Islamic countries and try to change their country of residence into the exact replica of the country they left in the first place.
If islam is so good, why leave and take refugee, asylum and citizenship in non Islamic countries mainly Christian countries?
There is a reason why every Muslim politician comes from woke left wing yet is ardently and prudential ethnonationalist protectorate back home.
Because they have the same goal!
“They are staying at Bondi Beach or Coogee or around particularly the capital cities and working in hospitality there. That’s placing enormous pressure because it’s distorting the labour market in these areas as well,”
Damn imagine a government seeing a mass influx of migrants affecting the job market and taking immediate action instead of.....actually facilitating and back-tracking on action meant to prevent it.
A disgracefully bigoted policy from Australia.
The Brits going over there are enriching and diversifying their culture, doing the jobs that Australians don’t want to do and keeping the Australian healthcare system afloat.
Brits built Australia, don’t you know.
Australians discovering that British immigrants sometimes compete for jobs, rent houses and use hospitals, moments after importing 10,000 Brits.
Hopefully the Australians will come to their senses before they do something truly abhorrent like update their legislation to protect their citizens.
It’s unthinkable.
Are you suggesting that the job of the Government is to look after their citizens?
Great, now just do with all the Africans and Asians.
Oh wait.
Now that's too far...
Irish kerns were lightly armed, highly mobile Gaelic mercenaries and infantrymen who formed the backbone of Irish clan armies from the Middle Ages through the Tudor era.
Renowned for their guerrilla tactics, they used Ireland's bogs and forests to outmaneuver heavily armored foes, fighting primarily with javelins, short spears, and swords.
The galloglass were elite Norse-Gaelic mercenary warriors.
Hailing from the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides, they served as the heavily armored, disciplined heavy infantry for Irish and Anglo-Irish chieftains from the mid-13th to the early 17th century.
I’m personally a big fan of their fashion.
It’s also nice to know that Irish lads are still rocking the same haircuts today!
"it wouldn't be worth fighting for this country if war broke out tomorrow"
- Don Poole, 102 year old WW2 vet on modern Britain.
What do Brits think of this?
I agree.
7. Napoleon and the Destruction of the Old European Political Order
The Napoleonic period represents one of the most significant turning points in the history of European state formation.
Napoleon Bonaparte did not create unified Germany or Italy, but his military campaigns fundamentally transformed the political structures that had previously prevented their consolidation.
His influence was particularly important because he dismantled many of the traditional institutions that had preserved territorial fragmentation.
The Holy Roman Empire and its dissolution
By the late eighteenth century, the Holy Roman Empire remained a complicated collection of approximately 300 political territories, although the exact number depended on how subordinate jurisdictions were counted.
The French Revolution of 1789 had already challenged the legitimacy of traditional dynastic government and introduced a new political vocabulary centred on popular sovereignty, citizenship and national identity.
Napoleon subsequently exported many of these revolutionary principles through military conquest and administrative reform.
French victories against Austria resulted in the transfer of territories west of the Rhine to France.
The resulting territorial losses required the compensation of affected German princes.
TheReichsdeputationshauptschlus of 1803, also known as the Imperial Recess, implemented a major restructuring of the Empire.
Its principal consequences included:
• The secularisation of most ecclesiastical territories.
• The mediatization of numerous smaller secular principalities.
• The abolition of most remaining free imperial cities.
• The territorial expansion of larger German states, particularly Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and Prussia.
These changes dramatically reduced the number of independent political territories and strengthened several larger German states.
Napoleon subsequently established the Confederation of the Rhine in July 1806, bringing together sixteen German states under French protection.
Its members formally withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire.
On 6 August 1806, Emperor Francis II abdicated the imperial title, formally bringing the Empire to an end.
This was a decisive historical moment.
For centuries, the Holy Roman Empire had provided the overarching political framework through which German territories were organised.
Its dissolution removed an institution that had preserved the existing political fragmentation, even if it had never possessed the power to create a centralised German nation-state.
However, Napoleon's intentions should not be confused with German nationalism.
The Confederation of the Rhine was primarily designed to strengthen French influence and create a strategic buffer against Austria and other continental powers.
Nevertheless, the consequences extended beyond Napoleon's immediate objectives.
By consolidating smaller territories into larger states, reducing the number of independent rulers and introducing administrative reforms, French intervention helped create a more manageable political landscape for eventual German unification.
Napoleonic reforms and the transformation of German society
Napoleon's influence extended beyond territorial restructuring.
In territories under French control or influence, traditional feudal privileges were weakened, legal systems were reorganised and administrative centralisation was encouraged.
The introduction of the Napoleonic Code in several territories promoted legal uniformity and the principle of equality before the law, although political rights remained restricted under Napoleon's authoritarian government.
Prussia's defeat at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806 also stimulated a programme of internal reform.
Reformers such as Baron vom Stein and Karl August von Hardenberg sought to modernise the Prussian state, reorganising administration, encouraging economic development and reforming aspects of military organisation.
6.
Feudalism, External Threats and Political Leadership
Feudalism also played a significant role in determining the development of European political structures.
Medieval political authority was frequently decentralised through relationships between monarchs, nobles, vassals and ecclesiastical institutions.
Landownership was closely connected to military obligations, taxation and political authority.
In territories where monarchs successfully subordinated the aristocracy, centralised states were more likely to emerge.
Where aristocratic authorities retained substantial independence, political fragmentation was more likely to persist.
France provides an important example of the gradual reduction of feudal autonomy.
French monarchs expanded royal administration, established more extensive taxation systems and gradually brought competing nobles under the authority of the crown.
Prussia, however, followed a different trajectory.
The Prussian monarchy developed a powerful centralised military state while maintaining a close relationship with the landed aristocracy, particularly the Junkers.
Rather than eliminating the aristocracy, the Prussian state incorporated it into the machinery of government and military administration.
This arrangement was particularly significant because Prussia eventually became the political and military force responsible for German unification.
In Italy, the survival of powerful aristocratic families, foreign dynasties and independent city governments contributed to the persistence of regional political structures.
External threats also played a major role. Germany was situated between France, Russia and the Habsburg territories, making it a strategically important region for European powers.
The existence of competing external threats encouraged German rulers to develop their own military capabilities, but it also made a unified Germany a potentially destabilising prospect for neighbouring states.
Similarly, Italy's geographical position in the Mediterranean made it a valuable strategic prize for European powers.
Spanish, French and Austrian intervention repeatedly influenced the political development of the peninsula.
Political leadership eventually became decisive in overcoming these historical obstacles.
The emergence of Prussia as the dominant German power and the leadership of Otto von Bismarck demonstrated how a combination of military strength, diplomacy and institutional capacity could achieve political consolidation.
In Italy, the roles of Giuseppe Garibaldi, Giuseppe Mazzini, Count Camillo di Cavour and King Victor Emmanuel II were equally significant.
Nevertheless, leadership alone cannot explain unification.
These individuals operated within political and economic circumstances that made consolidation increasingly possible.
81 year-old Irishman Caron Rawsley who lives in India has been cleaning and conserving the stepwells in Jodhpur for years, helping keep residents healthy.
The CSO reported that in the first three months of 2026, there were 2,460 female victims of assaults and related offences.
8% increase on the same period in 2025.
The same release said the CSO recorded 24,142 victims of attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences in 2024, the highest level in the 2021–2024 period.
INAR says it has been regularly monitoring racist incidents in Ireland through iReport.ie since 2013.
INAR’s 2022 report recorded 600 incidents, up from 404 (50%) in 2021, and described the pattern as consistent with an underlying increase in reported racist incidents and serious incidents.
Hmm so rapes, sexual assaults, sexual harassments and domestic violence shoots up and then racism does as well at the same time?
Almost as if the people responsible for the offences are largely non-nationals.
People tend to get racist if it means stopping crime against innocents.
More than one in three hate-related incidents reported to gardaí last year were racially motivated, data analysed by The Journal Investigates reveals.
Anti-race crimes and related incidents have surged by 24% since 2021, with racially motivated attacks now representing the most common form of hate crime in Ireland.**
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I believe the IRA would have defeated the British army even against full-scale invasion and occupation had the Anti-Treaty republicans won the Irish Civil War in 1923.
We can't let miserable people continue to just keep objecting to everything and ruining nice things for others.
I'm glad the establishments involved came to some sort of agreement.
Fly-tipping in scenic uplands is up by almost 30% this year
The cost of bins is also up this year.
And there are still many areas of the country outside Dublin where there is only a single waste provider.
It's a lot more expensive outside of Dublin where the economics of scale mean higher prices.
Low and behold fly tipping is a big problem in these areas too.
The point of privatisation was to make waste management cheaper through competition and easier for people to access.
So much for that.
Establish a state waste collection company.
Part of me really considers whether Napoleon's overt performativ reverence for Islam during his trips to Egypt in his memoirs and speeches contributed to the domino effect of French culture being so obseqious to Muslim migrants.
Never heard anyone else say this.
I am so sick of our court system persistently giving lax sentences to these extremely dangerous individuals roaming our society.
The country has gone to the dogs.
