In Sinn Féin Lotto 32, I Pick Numbers 1, 9, 1 And 6
At first I thought this was a joke, but no, this is actually a Sinn Féin initiative to drum up newContinue Reading
Tag: Dáil Éireann – Assembly of Ireland
Daorstát Éireann, The Unfree State
When left-wing and independent TDanna and councillors are being lifted off the streets or taken from their homes and constituency-offices by theContinue Reading
Barricades Around The Winter Palace Of A Dying Coalition
The controversial Fine Gael TD, Catherine Byrne, has a brief exchange of words with a member of the general public visiting DáilContinue Reading
Political Policing Targets The People’s Representatives
So Paul Murphy TD and Joan Collins TD, members of Dáil Éireann or the lower house of the Irish legislature,Continue Reading
No Taxation Without Representation
In recent weeks the right-wing Fine Oibre coalition and much of the equally right-wing press have confidentially asserted that the protestsContinue Reading
Ireland And Catalonia, Some Historic Parallels
In the general election of December 1918 the revolutionary Irish republican and nationalist party, Sinn Féin, took 73 of theContinue Reading
Unprecedented Times In Catalan And Irish Politics
Consumed with matters closer to home I have had little chance to highlight some important political developments in Catalonia, in particular the emergenceContinue Reading
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named
On Thursday the 28th of May the independent TD Catherine Murphy, a recent campaigner against fiscal impropriety and corruption in Irish society, made a contribution to DáilContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil, A Party Without A Cause
My family has been dwelling in Dublin city and its environs since the mid-1800s, part of the mass rural exodusContinue Reading
Seanad Éireann, A Legislative House For All Of Ireland
Seanad Éireann, the quasi-democratic upper house of the Oireachtas, has an unenviable record for cronyism and patronage, serving downContinue Reading
Gene Kerrigan’s MediaBite Interview
MediaBite, a website founded in 2007 by David Manning and Miriam Cotton to analyse the intellectually incestuous group-think of Irish journalism, has an excellent interviewContinue Reading
The Mexicanisation Of Irish Policing
For at least four decades allegations of systemic corruption have swirled around sections of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s nationalContinue Reading
Independent News And Media, The Ideological Enemy Within
During the revolutionary period in Ireland – by academic convention the six years from 1916 to 1921 – the British government authorised the official execution of forty-one Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Opposing Austernomics, A Moral And Social Issue
It seems that political parties are like buses: you wait for ages for one to come along and then twoContinue Reading
Water Charges And A Coalition Of The Doomed
Water charges. The political Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of Labour Party TDanna in constituencies across the country, whoseContinue Reading
Lucinda Creighton Going Renua Or Ré Nua
Lucinda Creighton, ex-Fine Gael rebel and pumped-up darling of the right-wing press, has finally nailed her colours to the mastContinue Reading
Mick Wallace, Enda Kenny, Not Mincing Words
On one of the very rare days dedicated to the use of the Irish language in Dáil Éireann the controversial independent TD Mick WallaceContinue Reading
Unleash The Dogs Of Policing
Is it safe to comment on political matters in contemporary Ireland if one lacks the fig-leaf protection that comes withContinue Reading
Yes To Equality
There are many fair and progressive reasons to vote yes in the expected referendum on marriage equality later this yearContinue Reading
The Most Fucked Up Little Country In the World
How do you eliminate institutional discrimination against a minority community when public servants from an apathetic majority community dominate nearly all government departmentsContinue Reading
Ireland Third Most Deprived Nation On EU 15 List
The Irish news media has spent much of the last week focusing on the issue of homelessness following the dreadfully sad passing ofContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And Fianna Fáil 2016
Today’s Irish Times Ipsos MRBI poll makes for some interesting reading, not least with the dramatic surge inContinue Reading
