The Real Subversives In Ireland
The twisted psyche of the ruling elites in Ireland is never plainer to see than when one of them emergesContinue Reading
Tag: Fine Gael – FG
The Morning After Poll
The headline figures from the RTÉ exit poll have been published and they are showing a huge jump in supportContinue Reading
Ireland And Scotland, Our Democracies, Our Voices
The recent polls in Ireland and Scotland make for interesting reading in the run-up to the European and local electionsContinue Reading
ASF – The European And Local Elections
Several readers of An Sionnach Fionn have asked me how I intend to vote in the upcoming European and local elections. Though some people might objectContinue Reading
The Irish Media In Panic Mode
Reading Ireland’s national and regional newspapers the worried expectations of the media establishment that Sinn Féin and various smaller partiesContinue Reading
Fine Oibre Government Faces Electoral Shock And Awe?
So local residents at Togher in Cork and Raheny in Dublin are refusing to allow domestic water meters to be installed inContinue Reading
The Second-Class Irish
Following his shock resignation from the post of An Coimisinéir Teanga or the Language Commissioner senior civil servant Seán ÓContinue Reading
A NIP In The Air
Political parties are a lot like buses. You don’t see one for ages then two come along at once. Well,Continue Reading
Latest Poll Numbers
Despite the hammering Sinn Féin has taken in the national media the latest poll from Paddy Power/Red C reveals theContinue Reading
Ooh, Ah, Up The RA
Okay, I admit it, the team at 1169 And Counting got me with this one until I followed the link.Continue Reading
Seanad Éireann – Where Irish Democracy Goes To Die
How many observers of Ireland’s patronage-based political system predicted that a failure to abolish Seanad Éireann by referendum would simplyContinue Reading
Enda Kenny – Mister Ten Percent
From his state o’ chassis address, Enda Kenny TD, leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach na hÉireann: “Two years ago,Continue Reading
Life In The Big House
Nice work if you can get it. From the Irish Times: “A former mayor of Limerick has heavily criticised theContinue Reading
The Daily Lucinda
When the journalists and editors of a right-wing media cartel start campaigning for the creation of a political party toContinue Reading
An Island Nation Once Called Ireland
Following on from my post here on the government plans to demolish uninhabited housing estates left behind by the evaporationContinue Reading
Socio-Economic Cleansing – The Irish Way Of Doing Things
So the Fine Oibre government is considering demolishing forty of the ”worse” ghost estates in the country. From the Journal:Continue Reading
Ireland’s Realpolitik
From the Irish Independent newspaper an example of how the establishment in Ireland, political, media, business and judicial, differentiates betweenContinue Reading
Fianna Gael? Media Hype Or Media Wish Fulfilment?
For some time now certain sections of Ireland’s right-wing media have been hyping up the idea of the country’s twoContinue Reading
Labour Party Circling The Drain
The results from the latest Sunday Independent-Millward Brown poll (7th July, 2013) are in and while I’m sceptical of voterContinue Reading
It’s All A Wee Bit Dan Brown
I’ve written before on the labyrinthine world of politically active Roman Catholic lay organisations, in particular the ones which attractContinue Reading
One Law For Them – Another Law For Us
Well, we’ve heard it all now. Alan Shatter, the Minister of Justice (and off-the-record tips from the Gardaí on OppositionContinue Reading
Ain’t Nothing Change But The Weather
One definition of madness is doing the same thing over and over but expecting a different result each time. SoContinue Reading
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