Brendan’s Blog
Appeal to Labour Court
I have appealed a recent WRC decision to the Labour Court. The decision appealed was not consistent with evidence submitted and is not good law. It is important for me and other cancer survivors returning to work that the Labour Court adjudicate on these matters. I…
Why I Support Dundalk FC Supporters Trust
That’s my Dad in the purple coat. The photo is taken in Oriel Park and it was one of 100’s of nights that he and the great men around him were after walking the estates of the town collecting money for Dundalk FC. I remember those times so clearly. They just handed…
The Media Bogeyman
The Media ‘Bogeyman’ Firstly I am qualified to write on this topic. I did my first national media interview in 1996, a full 28 years ago. Since then there is barely a national or local media outlet that I haven’t engaged with. Most of those engagements over all of…
Newstalk Interview
The European Elections were a very educational, challenging and life affirming experience. From the campaign challenges to the ‘left’ bullying and the satisfaction of once again meeting and putting my values out there. Would I do it again? I discussed this and more…
A personal story
Well that’s it, the counting has ended and my first experience as an election candidate is over. It’s been fun, bruising, expensive, invigorating, educational and one of the most interesting experiences of my life. Maybe it will be repeated, maybe it won’t, I…
International issues – A personal approach
We all think about and discuss the complex area of foreign affairs daily, sometimes so subtly that it’s unnoticed even to ourselves. I do it a lot. I do it with family, with friends, with colleagues and I do it on social media and elsewhere. Even with strangers and…
What is wrong with #israel….?
This is not a post where I angst about the latest atrocity in #Gaza, or the #WestBank, or Israel or South Lebanon where Irish peacekeepers are increasingly in danger. There are plenty of those posts on this and other pages. This post is about something else. There’s…
Nuance’ and the universal debasement of political discourse
The world is in a dark and dangerous phase. There are currently several conflicts that if they come together, and powerful forces aligning mean that they might, could bring us to a WW3 tipping point. That there are rich and evil men (the are almost always men) looking…
Beware social liberalism allied to economic conservatism
In a TV debate with Joan Burton recently, the former leader of the Irish Labour Party made a point that is of interest in terms of how politics is conducted in Ireland, and elsewhere, today. The debate was about the direction of Irish politics and where a real…
We underestimate the rise of the far right at our peril
Brendan Ogle: Almost inevitably the day that Britain will not leave the European Union (EU) has arrived. Westminster is in chaos and our nearest neighbour is in the midst of a constitutional crisis. A general election there may not be far away. Maybe the contempt the…
Misuse of Media
I’m going to say something good about the Irish media here, so note the time and date because it doesn’t happen often. Insofar as the media has a propensity to become a participant in political affairs here, as opposed to simply reporting and commentating on them,…
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Read a review written by the Irish Times of Brendan’s book From bended knee to a new republic here
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