Irish Local And European Elections 2019: Good For The Greens, Terrible For Sinn Féin
So it’s all over in the counts for the local government elections for 2019 with the final results from theContinue Reading
Tag: Fine Gael – FG
Fine Gael TD Maria Bailey Swings Into Action With Disastrous Radio Interview
It’s been claimed that Fine Gael paid an electoral price for the controversy involving the Fine Gael TD Maria BaileyContinue Reading
Fine Gael Likely To Top European Elections While The SDLP and Alliance Compete For MEP Seat
If the latest polls are correct Fine Gael is likely to emerge as the biggest winner from the forthcoming electionsContinue Reading
European Parliamentary Elections: A Proxy Border Poll?
Such is the pace of the Brexit beast as it charges towards the no-deal cliffs, by the time I publishContinue Reading
Ex-SDLP Leader Mark Durkan Becomes Fine Gael European Candidate
The news that Mark Durkan, the former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, has suspended his party membershipContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar: Soft On Vulture Funds, Soft On The Causes Of Vulture Funds
In many ways Leo Varadkar is the embodiment of modern right-wing politics in Ireland: socially liberal, economically conservative. While weContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar: Wealthier Counties Should Keep Their Own Local Property Taxes
Does Leo Varadkar not understand the basis of the country’s general taxation system? Of how progressive taxation and fiscal redistributionContinue Reading
Micheál Martin Begs Leo Varadkar Not To Call A General Election
Political desperation. That is the only reasonable explanation for the missive sent by the leader of Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin,Continue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael, The United Ireland Party
As was noted over on the Cedar Lounge Revolution, Brexit is not just causing chaos in the politics of Britain.Continue Reading
A Ban On Photographing Gardaí Runs Contrary To Our Democratic Norms
The suggestion by Charlie Flanagan, the hardline Minister for Justice and Equality, that he would favour legislation banning the photographing orContinue Reading
Will Brexit Give Leo Varadkar A Stepping Stone To Irish Unity?
There was some confusion last Wednesday about Leo Varadkar’s comments to a weekly meeting of Fine Gael members of theContinue Reading
Constitutional Reform In Ireland, A Success Story For The Right And Not The Left?
Like many political observers I was more than a little apprehensive about the outcome of last Friday’s referendum on repealingContinue Reading
Ireland Revives Its Boom-And-Bust Property Cycle
There must be something in the Irish psyche, some cultural legacy of foreign colonial rule, of war and oppression, whichContinue Reading
David Davis, Britain’s Brexit Minister, Makes False Claims About Ireland’s Border Concerns
Following on from a statement to a gathering of shocked MEPs in Brussels by a senior representative of the LabourContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar Blames His Phone For Use Of Unaccountable Private Email
Most politics’ watchers will remember the issue of the private email server which got Hillary Clinton into such trouble inContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s PR Outfit, The Strategic Communications Unit, And Ireland 2040
With most of the country focused on the exceptionally bad weather this week, scant attention has been paid by theContinue Reading
The Public Services Card Has Cost €60 Million And Saved Less Than €2 Million
The Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, which was established in the Oireachtas late last year, has held itsContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar, From Love Actually To A Spaceman Came Travelling
I rarely listen to Newstalk radio, which has turned into the Daily Mail of Irish broadcasting, its schedules filled withContinue Reading
Minister Suggests Giving Internet Corporations Access To Passport Details
I sometimes think that it’s almost impossible to underestimate the average politician’s desire for publicity, no matter how inane orContinue Reading
Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald Resigns, Saving Fine Gael’s Minority Government
And with one bound she is gone! Or rather, with a few gentle nudges in the right direction from seniorContinue Reading
Irish Government Report Details Europe’s Worries Over The “Chaos” Gripping Britain
For those of us who grew up under Fine Gael taoisigh like Garret Fitzgerald and John “Union Jack” Bruton, theContinue Reading
Fine Gael’s Response To Homelessness: Don’t Blame Us, Blame The Homeless
It’s difficult to feel anything but outrage and disgust at the government’s passive response to the crisis of homelessness inContinue Reading
