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2026

epic fury

Tom Clonan: Trump’s war on Iran is a death blow to the rules-based order

Tom Clonan

Updated 3 Mar

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War in Ukraine

Tom Clonan: My New Year's wish is for peace in Ukraine and Europe as a whole

Tom Clonan

2 Jan

4.5k

Last year

2025

irish neutrality

Opinion: Abandoning the Triple Lock would be a grave mistake

Tom Clonan

26 Dec 2025

11.8k

voices

Tom Clonan: If media didn't report on drones breaching no-fly zone, the state may never have told us

Tom Clonan

11 Dec 2025

18.2k

Iran

Opinion: You can’t bomb, shoot and kill your way to peace, despite what Trump thinks

Tom Clonan

Updated 22 Jun 2025

11.7k

irish neutrality

Opinion: Scrapping the Triple Lock is an ill-considered and potentially catastrophic step

Tom Clonan

30 May 2025

21.9k

European Union

Tom Clonan: Irish neutrality should be protected, but we also need to spend on defence

Tom Clonan

14 Feb 2025

11.1k

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All time

TOM CLONAN

Ukraine, Gaza, Syria: What will Trump do with the conflicts linking Russia, Iran and Israel?

Tom Clonan

21 Dec 2024

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ge2024

Opinion: This election exposed disability services for what they are — the scandal of our age

Tom Clonan

2 Dec 2024

15.1k

Ukraine War

Tom Clonan: This conflict is at a dangerous point now Ukraine is firing US long-range missiles

Tom Clonan

19 Nov 2024

9.0k

unifil mission

Tom Clonan: Irish troops in Lebanon are now acting as observers in a de-facto warzone

Tom Clonan

Updated 3 Oct 2024

18.9k

Hezbollah

Tom Clonan: Israel now looks prepared to do to Lebanon what it has done to Gaza

Tom Clonan

24 Sep 2024

14.2k

voices

Tom Clonan: Israel's pager attack was a mass casualty event and in effect, a terrorist attack

Tom Clonan

Updated 18 Sep 2024

22.1k

Conflict

Tom Clonan: Putin's attack on a children's hospital this week was a bestial crime

Tom Clonan

10 Jul 2024

6.6k

Ukraine

Tom Clonan: US money is a shot in the arm for Ukraine defence

Tom Clonan

Updated 23 Apr 2024

12.0k

iran and israel

Tom Clonan: We have reached a dangerous moment in the Middle East conflict

Tom Clonan

Updated 15 Apr 2024

11.0k

Ukraine

Tom Clonan: An emboldened Putin and a possible Trump return pose real dangers for Europe

Tom Clonan

Updated 20 Feb 2024

10.3k

ceasefire now

Tom Clonan: Israel has pursued the relentless massacre of innocent Palestinians in Gaza

Tom Clonan

Updated 12 Feb 2024

12.2k

allies support

Tom Clonan: A defeated Ukraine would be a military and political disaster for the EU and NATO

Tom Clonan

30 Dec 2023

14.4k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: Israel is fast losing international credibility and support over its crimes in Gaza

Tom Clonan

26 Dec 2023

13.6k

Middle East

Tom Clonan: Gaza has become hell on earth, while the world just watches

Tom Clonan

Updated 12 Dec 2023

11.2k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: Gaza City could be utterly destroyed as a result of Israel's attacks

Tom Clonan

Updated 10 Nov 2023

10.5k

Opinion

Tom Clonan: International community needs to intervene to stop a catastrophe in the Middle East

Tom Clonan

Updated 9 Oct 2023

12.6k

dail violence

Tom Clonan: There is a real danger now of serious injuries or fatalities at a far-right protest

Tom Clonan

21 Sep 2023

42.0k

three months on

Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counteroffensive comes at a high price, but Russia is in disarray

Tom Clonan

4 Sep 2023

18.5k

Consultative Forums on Neutrality

Tom Clonan: Joining NATO doesn't benefit Ireland, but that doesn't excuse poor defence spending

Tom Clonan

Updated 19 Jun 2023

18.4k

Ukraine

Tom Clonan: Ukraine must now use the summer to mount its counter-offensive and push Putin back

Tom Clonan

9 Jun 2023

18.2k

Opinion

Tom Clonan: Ukraine's counter-offensive is imminent - but success will come at a terrible cost

Tom Clonan

Updated 1 Jun 2023

26.2k

Opinion

Tom Clonan: Zelenskyy's forces need to begin a push back against Russia in the coming days

Tom Clonan

3 May 2023

19.5k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men

Tom Clonan

28 Mar 2023

15.7k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: At a horrendous human cost, Putin is throwing the 'kitchen sink' at Bakhmut

Tom Clonan

7 Mar 2023

26.1k

Ukraine

Tom Clonan: 'Putin's aggression is going nowhere as this war reaches its first anniversary'

Tom Clonan

20 Feb 2023

24.9k

Ukraine

Tom Clonan: How Leopard 2 tanks could give Ukrainian forces a 'dramatic advantage'

Tom Clonan

25 Jan 2023

27.7k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: Russia cannot ‘win’ this war on Ukraine - so what can we expect in 2023?

Tom Clonan

22 Dec 2022

24.6k

Conflict

Tom Clonan: Losing Kherson is a huge blow for Russia that will embolden the Ukrainian army

Tom Clonan

Updated 15 Nov 2022

26.4k

Analysis

Tom Clonan: Putin has made another strategic blunder but this is a dangerous moment

Tom Clonan

21 Sep 2022

62.2k

Conflict

Tom Clonan: Putin’s military miscalculations in Ukraine may prove to be his undoing

Tom Clonan

13 Sep 2022

36.1k

war in europe

Tom Clonan: There is now little chance of a Russian breakthrough in Ukraine

Tom Clonan

10 Sep 2022

58.4k

Nuclear Threat

Tom Clonan: Only Putin knows how far he is willing to go to win his futile war in Ukraine

Tom Clonan

16 Aug 2022

30.3k

five months on

Tom Clonan: Time is running out for Putin in Ukraine and this makes him dangerous

Tom Clonan

24 Jul 2022

48.7k