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
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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
A New Dáil, A New Ceann Comhairle, An Old Taoiseach
Today was the first session of the post-election Dáil Éireann, the thirty-second incarnation of Ireland’s legislature since the revolutionary assembly of 1919-21. In the centenaryContinue Reading
The Seat Bonus In The General Election Of 2016
I’ve alluded to the phenomenon of the “seat bonus” or “bounce” in a previous review of the results from the recent general election,Continue Reading
The Final Seat Numbers For The 32nd Dáil
So the general election of 2016 is finally, finally over. The Labour Party has managed to scrape one last seat in the constituency of Longford-WestmeathContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil Is Neither Centrist Nor Progressive
With all the post-election manoeuvring going on at the moment, particularly in the press and the online commentariat, there seemsContinue 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
FG And Labour Make Losses, FF And SF Make Gains, The Rest TBD
Despite the lingering pop-culture image of the radical “Irish rebel”, which was given a momentary fillip by the successful marriage equality referendumContinue Reading
Fergus Crawford And Mary Lou McDonald, Or The 1% Attacks The 99%
On Friday morning the Sinn Féin vice-president, Mary Lou McDonald, was confronted by a self-styled “concerned citizen” on O’Connell Street inContinue Reading
No Irish Please, We’re Fine Gael And Labour
In former times the British-born journalist and occasional Confederate-apologist, Kevin Myers, regularly used his newspaper column to discuss his race theory ofContinue Reading
The TV3/Newstalk Leaders’ Debate
So to last night’s TV3/Newstalk debate where the leaders of three right-wing establishment parties sought to pummel into submission theContinue 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
The Scale Of Surveillance Operations By The Irish State Is Staggering
While many people, certainly informed journalists and anti-austerity activists, would have been aware of the soaring levels of surveillance being carried outContinue Reading
The Renua Election Manifesto, Light On The Taxes, Lighter On The Irish
Renua, the right-wing “1% party”, launched its seventy-six page 2016 election manifesto yesterday under the stewardship of its leader, the conservative media darling,Continue Reading
How The Irish Government Covered Up The Murder Of An Irish Citizen
Forty-seven year old Séamus Ludlow, a quiet, unassuming life-long bachelor, was something of a man of habit. On the afternoonContinue Reading
Peter Robinson To ‘Fine Fáil’ To A South-County Dublin Housewife
Interesting times in Irish politics. The north-east is to see the departure of veteran DUP leader Peter Robinson, the firstContinue 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
The Answer To Gun Violence Is Not More Guns
Yet again it takes a murder, and one with quasi-political overtones in the eyes of some exploitative journalists, before politicians and theContinue 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
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
Barbarians At The Gate
One of the more remarkable phenomena of modern Ireland has been the slow deculturation of the Irish people, a process ongoing since theContinue Reading
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