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Tag: Fine Gael – FG
Voting Fianna Fáil – Like A Dog Returning To Its Vomit
Another weekend, another poll, this time a telephone survey of 1000 voters by Millward Brown on behalf of the Sunday Independent newspaper. I’m always waryContinue Reading
Another Poll – Fianna Fáil Voters Abandon The Fine Gael Fold
Two weeks ago I queried the possibility of the next incarnation of An Dáil becoming more like the Israeli Knesset: a host of independents, smallContinue Reading
The End Of Gaelscéal?
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
Polls, Politics And Conspiracy Theories
One weekend, two polls, and the results look good for both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin. However things are notContinue Reading
Some Political Musings
As a Gaelic Republican I suppose my politics lie somewhere on the social-democratic centre-left. Sometimes my opinions veer towards theContinue Reading
Fine Gael Blues: Dr. James Reilly And Cllr Anne Devitt
Those investigators of all that is grubby in Irish politics over at Broadsheet.ie reveal some interesting facts about the relationshipContinue Reading
An Eye To the Future?
According to the Oirish Independent Fine Gael golden boy Leo Varadkar is off to improve his Irish language abilities in theContinue Reading
Support Austerity Treaty Says Pat Cox Megarich European Politician. Sorry! I Meant, MEP
Ah, the upcoming referendum on the Austerity Treaty has the Golden Circle all of a-quiver as they face the outsideContinue Reading
Institutional Discrimination In The Irish State – The Culture Of An “Anglophone Stormont”
If you’ve been wondering just exactly why the Fine Gael – Labour coalition government seems so utterly determined to scrap the officeContinue Reading
From Boycott To Frankfurt, Only Our Rivers Run Free
“When apples still grow in November When Blossoms still bloom from each tree When leaves are still green in DecemberContinue Reading
The Empire Strike Back!
The results from the 2011 Census of Ireland published last week revealed continued growth in the Irish-speaking communities of the nation and theContinue Reading
Smells Like No-Irish Spirit
I have frequently pointed to the complete and utter bullshit that passes for a genuine commitment to equality between Irish and EnglishContinue Reading
The State Of Irish – In The Irish State
In today’s Irish Times (following on from yesterday’s bizarre anti-Irish rant by Ann Marie Hourihane) Finbar McDonnell examines the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government’s attitudes to it’s IrishContinue Reading
What About Our Irish Rights?
The much heralded Constitutional Convention is finally on the horizon after many a false dawn. According to the Irish Times: “TheContinue Reading
Young Fine Gael – The Irony Is In The Name
Over the last year I have catalogued on An Sionnach Fionn the inherent hostility of the right-wing Fine Gael party to the Irish languageContinue Reading
From Irish Ireland To English Ireland
There’s been something of a surprise result from Latvia where a national referendum has rejected moves to make Russian theContinue Reading
Ivan Yates – No Irish For Your Children. But Plenty Of Irish For Mine!
Scratch a Blueshirt, even an ex-Blueshirt, and it doesn’t take long for the Inner Anglo to come out. Ivan Yates, former FineContinue Reading
Discrimination Dressed As Reasonableness… Isn’t It Always?
An article in the Irish Times decries the alleged “preferential” treatment given to Irish-speaking children in the education system because some studentsContinue Reading
Enda “My Oirish Brings All The Paddies To The Yard” Kenny Strikes Yet Again!
An Taoiseach na nOirish, Enda “Paddy Wants To Know” Kenny, strikes again. A man who personifies everything that is “Oirland”, a patheticContinue Reading
Irish Rights Are Equals Rights – So Fight Back!
Over the last several months I have regularly highlighted the alarm felt by many in Ireland and beyond over the Fine Gael-LabourContinue Reading
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