""We have avoided the post-colonial nightmares of many a former British subject. Though that may arguably be because we were a nation, and not a randomly drawn jurisdiction without regard to ethnic loyalties or geographical sense, as were so many of the “countries” that emerged from Empire. We pride ourselves, not without cause, with only one Civil War since the foundation of the State and none within the 26 county area since the enactment of said Constitution. All’s well that ends well? Except that history is a process not a destination, and “well” or not it certainly hasn’t ended. And the foundational legal document of the State grows more convoluted with each amendment and increasingly difficult to define, even in the ordinary sense of a degree of certainty." (July, 2018)"
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Justin Barrett
Justin Barrett (born 13 April 1971) is an Irish far-right activist who has been the leader of the neo-Nazi group Clann Éireann since April 2024. He was formerly leader of the National Party from 2016 until he was ousted in a leadership heave in 2023. The Electoral Commission ruled against his appeal in September 2025 which sought to prevent his removal. Before 2016, he had been an anti-abortion campaigner in Youth Defence. Although founding the National Party as a "mainstream right-wing party" a
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