# tom-clonan - Thursday 21 April, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
For symbolic and propaganda reasons, Putin has a few weeks to turn things around in Ukraine, writes security analyst Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 12 April, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security analyst Tom Clonan writes about how the Russian forces have taken out their frustrations on the civilian population.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 29 March, 2022
# Analysis
# Analysis
The security analyst looks at the past few days of activity and peace talks and what that tells us about the future.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 22 March, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
However, the security analyst writes that the Russian military has been “mauled” on the approach to Kyiv.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 15 February, 2022
# Opinion
# Opinion
The security analyst says a Russian invasion of Ukraine could mean the largest conventional ground offensive in Europe since World War II.
# tom-clonan - Friday 27 August, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The security analyst says the stakes couldn’t be higher in the days before the US withdrawal.
# tom-clonan - Monday 16 August, 2021
# Opinion
# Opinion
The events of the next 48 – 72 hours in Afghanistan are being shaped in a highly fluid and febrile environment, security expert Tom Clonan writes.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Islamic State’s so-called ‘Caliphate’ took a beating last year, but the terror group has been revived from new bases in Africa, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Column
# Column
Dr Tom Clonan met with the Defence Forces Chief of Staff today about a reconciliation process. ‘Unusually for Ireland, this whistleblowing story has a happy ending,’ he writes.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security expert Tom Clonan outlines what could happen with Lisa Smith’s return to Ireland.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
# TOM CLONAN
# TOM CLONAN
Events in Syria appear to represent a major setback for the US and a major victory for Syria’s President Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Friday 13 September, 2019
# TOM CLONAN
# TOM CLONAN
A recent attempted mortar attack in Strabane has all the hallmarks of the past, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Monday 24 June, 2019
# TOM CLONAN
# TOM CLONAN
The daily life of a person with a disability is not aided by Irish society, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 10 April, 2019
# Column
# Column
“While Smith was living with IS during 2016, 135 European citizens were slaughtered in 10 separate attacks that year,” security expert Tom Clonan writes.
# tom-clonan - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Garda Scandal
# Garda Scandal
Details of the accident at Garda headquarters emerged over the weekend.
# tom-clonan - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Global Terrorism Index
# Global Terrorism Index
Tom Clonan looks at the latest risk assessments around Europe.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 27 March, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security expert Tom Clonan raises concerns about Ireland’s security and intelligence capacity and the strategic importance of our neutrality.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 7 March, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
The emergency effort co-ordinated by the NECC was impressive, writes Tom Clonan, but there is still a learning curve in reaching out to all vulnerable people.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 20 September, 2017
# Yes Campaign
# Yes Campaign
We need to radically transform the narrative around disability and equality, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 19 September, 2017
# Long Time Coming
# Long Time Coming
It’s 10 years since Ireland signed the Convention. A decade on, the Republic stands as the only EU country which is yet to ratify it.
# tom-clonan - Friday 8 September, 2017
# Fringe Festival
# Fringe Festival
‘My tour of duty as an Irish peacekeeper was brutal, violent and profoundly shocking. It changed me. I never came back.’
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 23 May, 2017
# Column
# Column
In Manchester, in attacking an Ariana Grande concert, the deliberately chosen target was children, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 18 April, 2017
# Opinion
# Opinion
“In the new reality, the ordinary police on duty, or Gardai, will be required to close down such attacks.”
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 28 March, 2017
# Accountability
# Accountability
The only response to this appalling breach of trust is for those in charge to consider their positions, writes Dr Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 22 March, 2017
# Truth Commission
# Truth Commission
The untimely death of the Sinn Féin politician has brought Ireland’s faltering peace process into sharp focus, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Saturday 25 February, 2017
# North Korea
# North Korea
VX is a weapon of incredible cruelty and terror, writes security expert Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Friday 26 August, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Change is hard in big organisations – but the Catholic Church’s approach to the problems in Maynooth have been less than encouraging.
# tom-clonan - Thursday 18 August, 2016
# Indiscriminate And Criminal
# Indiscriminate And Criminal
More little boys like Omran Daqneesh will be butchered while the global implications of force projection are discussed in Moscow and Washington, security expert Tom Clonan writes.
# tom-clonan - Saturday 16 July, 2016
# France
# France
Security expert Tom Clonan writes from France, where he and his family were holidaying when Thursday night’s attack happened in Nice.
# tom-clonan - Sunday 26 June, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security expert Tom Clonan writes that a referendum on Northern Ireland may lead to sectarian tensions in the six counties.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 25 May, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Security expert Tom Clonan writes that the government needs to do more to tackle the ongoing crisis.
# tom-clonan - Wednesday 18 May, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
The treatment of Sergeant Maurice McCabe shows us that the Ireland of 2016 remains a cold house for whistleblowers and truth-telling, writes security analyst Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Friday 29 January, 2016
# Narco Terrorism
# Narco Terrorism
That seems like an extreme statement but Tom Clonan has taken a look at the evidence.
# tom-clonan - Sunday 17 January, 2016
# Opinion
# Opinion
Ireland is the only EU country that relies on charity and philanthropy to provide essential services to our most seriously ill citizens, writes Tom Clonan.
# tom-clonan - Thursday 31 December, 2015
# TOM CLONAN
# TOM CLONAN
One of my boys, Eoghan, suffers from a rare neuromuscular disease. He cannot walk. As a parent, I am becoming increasingly concerned for his future. What will happen to him when I die?
# tom-clonan - Tuesday 17 November, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
I’ve been in this job for 18 months and I can say with absolute certainty that if there was an overnight fix, I would have implemented it on day one, Leo Varadkar writes.
# tom-clonan - Monday 28 September, 2015
# Seanad Bid
# Seanad Bid
Dr Tom Clonan, a security analyst and former army captain, is running for the Seanad.
# tom-clonan - Friday 30 November, 2012
# Read Me
# Read Me
In his new book, Tom Clonan details the ups and downs of his tour of peacekeeping duty in Lebanon in the 1990s and how ‘Mary Robinson wears no knickers’ becomes a common greeting…
