Hooked on History—But Fed on Lies The Irish have a peculiar weakness for historical myths. So many falsehoods are repeated uncritically in the media that…
The TG4 Leprechauns Fiddle Irish History
Last night, TG4 once again set about rewiring Irish history, offering up a version of the past shaped less by scholarship than by a kind…
The Truth – Tuam Mother and Baby Home
A major discovery at the former Tuam children’s home has finally driven a stake through one of the most corrosive falsehoods of modern Irish public…
O’Toole washes his Hog with Irish Women
Fintan O’Toole, Ireland’s most professionally aggrieved commentator, chief gaslighter of the Irish, once produced a list of things an Irish woman was allegedly forbidden to…
Road Safety – Deadly Incompetence
If the Irish Road Safety Authority, RSA, oversaw aviation safety, everyone would be afraid to fly. Ireland has the most dangerous road network in Europe,…
CLUSTERFUCK – the Irish Civil Service
The term “clusterfuck” was not coined to describe the Irish civil service — but you’d be forgiven for thinking it was. I am sickened by…
Nesson & Corless Ireland’s Most Stupid People
The Matthew Hopkins Award For Outstanding Excellence in Invented Outrage and Historical Character Assassination Presented to: Liam Neeson and Catherine Corless. All Hallows Eve 2025,…
Evidence & Academic Blunders
Professor Thomas Garavan of University College Cork, told the Irish Examiner that “I would have expected more evidence-based analyses supported by historical evidence, greater objectivity,…
LIAM NEESON Nominated for Major TUAM Award
Liam Neeson, though raised a Catholic, proudly proclaims his admiration for Ballymena’s most celebrated sectarian mouthpiece—the thunderous bigot Reverend Ian Paisley. Paisley, whose fire-and-brimstone tirades…
The Inaugural Matthew Hopkins Award
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Celebrating Excellence in Unfounded Accusation, Moral Panic, and Outrage-Based Achievement Do you know someone who has turned wild speculation into an art form?A…
