Irish Political Review (journal)
| Categories | Politics |
|---|---|
| Frequency | monthly |
| Year founded | 1986 |
| Company | Athol Books |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
The Irish Political Review is a monthly Irish magazine dedicated to Irish politics and history. It is known for its criticisms of historians associated with the "revisionist" view of Irish history, especially Peter Hart and Roy Foster.
The magazine was first published in 1986, by Athol Books, a publisher linked with the British and Irish Communist Organisation. The Irish Political Review was the successor to the B&ICO magazine, The Irish Communist.
Originally, the Irish Political Review was inimical towards Irish Republicans and supported the use of the Diplock Court system and Section 31 against Republicans. However, it moved away from this position and currently expressed support for Irish Republican parties
In the late 1990s the Irish Political Review came to public notice when it began running articles strongly critical towards the work of Peter Hart, especially Hart's account of the Dunmanway killings. The Irish Political Review also ran a series of articles by Brendan Clifford and Jack Lane about the wartime intelligence work of writer Elizabeth Bowen, claiming this meant that the Anglo-Irish Bowen was thus not an Irish writer. These articles were later published as the Athol Books publication Notes on Eire: Espionage Reports to Winston Churchill, 1940–2 (1999). The magazine also published an article by Joe Keenan strongly hostile towards former Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, claiming that Fitzgerald's reputation for intelligence and integrity was unjustified.
The magazine has also defended the Irish government's decision in September 2008 to guarantee the Irish banks, as well as stating that Brian Cowen should have remained leader of Fianna Fail during the 2011 Irish election.
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