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
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Early 2017 Polls Are Trending Fianna Fáil And Sinn Féin
There is a lot of unwarranted scepticism about the effectiveness of electoral polling at the moment. Observers point to supposedly “unexpected” resultsContinue 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
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
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
73% Favour Referendum On The 8th Amendment
The Irish branch of Amnesty International has published the details of a poll it commissioned from Red:C Research & Marketing which seems toContinue Reading
Joan Burton’s Campaign, From Farce to Fiasco
A poll suggests @labour is tumbling to the ground in #dubw #GE16 Bit like our press conference pic.twitter.com/nQb5dGao0j — SharonContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Manifesto Promises On Irish Rights
Sinn Féin has launched its bilingual 2016 election manifesto, to predictable scepticism from the right-wing press, and I’m sure most ofContinue 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
Ghetto Irish
Seán Cottrell, the chief executive of the Irish Primary Principals’ Network, in an opinion piece for the Irish Times newspaperContinue 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
In Sinn Féin Lotto 32, I Pick Numbers 1, 9, 1 And 6
At first I thought this was a joke, but no, this is actually a Sinn Féin initiative to drum up newContinue Reading
The Labour Party Fattens Up Before The Electoral Culling Begins
The Labour Party membership ready themselves for the coming electoral storm by burying their snouts deep in the salary-trough…
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
Daorstát Éireann, The Unfree State
When left-wing and independent TDanna and councillors are being lifted off the streets or taken from their homes and constituency-offices by theContinue 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
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
Stormont’s Fresh Start Repackages Stale Goods
So the governments of Ireland and Britain, in consultation with the members of the cross-party regional administration in Belfast, have announced the ratherContinue Reading
Political Policing Targets The People’s Representatives
So Paul Murphy TD and Joan Collins TD, members of Dáil Éireann or the lower house of the Irish legislature,Continue Reading
The Unmaking Of Ireland
Back in April the National Geographic magazine attempted to explain to its horrified readers the seemingly inexplicable rationale behind the Islamic State’s fanaticalContinue Reading
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