Conor Fitzgerald
Conor Fitzgerald is an Irish commentator who writes at The Fitzstack. He tweets at @fitzfromdublin
Trump and Musk are not helping right-wingers abroad
They do not understand that the MAGA template cannot be copied
How long can Ireland’s gender equality hold?
A gender divide in voting is not as clear as in other countries — but that could change
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
The Irish experiment
Irish politicians are seeking “modernisation” without a clear sense of what that means
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
After the flood
Net migration may be falling, but the long tail of Britain’s recent immigration regime ensures the debate is far from over
Ant & Dec: heroically bland
Clear separation between private and public selves is faintly refreshing
A second Northern Ireland?
How the SNP squandered a major opportunity for independence
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Pick up sticks
Christopher Pincher saunters around
town with a stylish walking cane
Is football hooliganism fashionable?
As violence returns to Edgware Road, official insistence that two-tier policing is a myth looks increasingly difficult to sustain
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
