Enda Kenny’s Four Decade Career In Politics Is An Argument For TD Term Limits
If anything proves the necessity for term limits on the political careers of Teachtaí Dála, Enda Kenny’s unbroken forty-two yearContinue Reading
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An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, To Resign At Midnight
And with one leap he is gone. Well, almost and after much hesitation and false starts. An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny,Continue Reading
Leo Varadkar And The Irish Independent’s Prurient Tabloid Journalism
As citizens and voters, do you need to know if your politicians are married or in a relationship? Do you need to knowContinue Reading
Enda Kenny, A Taoiseach On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown
So Enda Kenny’s premiership has survived for another day following last night’s unsuccessful vote in Dáil Éireann on the proposed motion of no confidence inContinue Reading
Ireland’s Homeless Crisis, When Party Ideology Trumps Government Duty
A full seven days late, the latest figures from the government show that 7,148 people were in emergency accommodation at theContinue Reading
Neutral Ireland And The Threat Of A Nuclear-Armed European Union
With the Fine Gael-led minority government, like the FG-Labour coalition before it, playing footsie with NATO and the European Union’sContinue Reading
The Action Plan for Education 2016-2019 Promises Non-Action On Irish Medium Education
The minority government of Fine Gael and whoever happens to be knocking around the Dáil bar at the time has launchedContinue Reading
Two Women Travel, Illustrating The Moral Case For Repealing The Eight
On Saturday the 20th of August, two Irish woman, citizens of this Republic, travelled to the United Kingdom where one of them soughtContinue Reading
The SDLP And Colum Eastwood: Make Me Green, But Not Just Yet
So is it Colum Eastwood, the SDLP leader, or the members of the press who are sending mixed messages on the regional party’sContinue Reading
Kenny And Martin Wrap The Green Flag Around A Finger Or Two
The post-referendum effects of the Brexit vote in the UK continue to ripple out across the European Union, lapping up onContinue Reading
Ireland’s British Problem And England’s New Motto, Ourselves Alone
I’ve been travelling and working overseas for the last wee while which has left me with precious little time, energy orContinue Reading
All Hail Our New Fine Fáil Overlords! All Hail The Continuity State!
I abase myself before the might of the Establishment! From the Guardian: “Enda Kenny has been re-elected as prime ministerContinue Reading
Text Of The Confidence And Supply Arrangement Between Fine Gael And Fianna Fáil
So here it is, the momentous agreement (!) heralding a return of the dog-eared Fine Gael government dumped by Ireland’s voters inContinue Reading
The Rejected Fine Gael Government Is Returned To Power By Fianna Fáil
It seems that we are to have a new government after weeks of politicking, as the leading component of theContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil, The Enabler Of Fine Gael And Labour Government?
Rank hypocrisy is the key hallmark of the political establishment in Ireland, you say? Surely not! From the Irish News,Continue Reading
The Winners And Losers Of General Election 2016 Were Foreshadowed In 2014
So that’s it, bar the odd recount or legal challenge. The general election of 2016 is over. Until the nextContinue Reading
The Three Amigos And Others At The RTÉ Leaders’ Debate
Last night was the Leaders’ Debate on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live and it was a somewhat more even-tempered affair thanContinue Reading
The Party Leaders Dodge TG4’s Irish Language Debate In #GE16
Well this announcement is indicative of the current status of the Irish language in Ireland. The planned, televised leaders’ debate on TG4 seems to haveContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil’s New Slogan: Screw Our Republican Dead
With the general election just weeks away, and with all the polls pointing to a minority, Fine Gael-led government ofContinue Reading
Irish Neutrality Versus The Anti-Islamist Armchair Generals
A bleak headline from a story in the Irish Independent, reporting the words of the Fine Gael minister of justice, FrancesContinue 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
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