Fianna Fáil Rejects Peter Casey, Renua Offers Him Its Party Leadership
While the reasons for Peter Casey’s surprise showing in last week’s presidential election are more complicated than the superficial analysesContinue Reading
Tag: Michael D. Higgins
Michael D Higgins Is The Winner. But At What Cost If Peter Casey Is Second?
So, one of the most uneventful, not to say downright lacklustre presidential contests in modern history has delivered no greatContinue Reading
Michael D Higgins And The Royal Presidency Of Ireland
Judging by the general public’s mood, press concerns over the exorbitant – and sometimes unaccountable – spending of public moniesContinue Reading
Michael D Higgins Hides From RTÉ’s First Presidential Debate
Well that was a bit of a waste. With the incumbent, Michael D Higgins, refusing to attend last night’s presidentialContinue Reading
The Multi-Million Euro Presidency Of Ireland And That €317,000 Allowance
Talking of Irish political scandals, the news that the office of the president has been in receipt of an unaccountableContinue Reading
President Michael D Higgins Did Not Say That Compulsory Irish Is A Mistake
Yet again, don’t believe everything that you read in the press. Or at least, what you might read in Ireland’sContinue Reading
Faraway Revolutions Always Seem Greener
I like and admire Uachtarán an hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins. I actually voted for him (well, he was my secondContinue Reading
Calling It Like It Is
Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins, has made a telling point in relation to the Irish language, a point thatContinue Reading
One Race But Three Victors
Well its all over bar the shouting (or gnashing of teeth) and three clear victors have emerged from the electionContinue Reading
Enter Bagman
The damage delivered to Seán Gallagher’s presidential ambitions as a result of the revelations on RTÉ’s Frontline Presidential Debate is continuing to send disruptiveContinue Reading
Seán Gallagher – A Fianna Fáil Sockpuppet?
If one were to believe the polls (and some commentators) the “Independent” candidate for the presidency, Seán Gallagher, may be a serious contenderContinue Reading
Michael D. Higgins: “Hamas Is More Advanced Than The IRA”
What a week it’s been in the race for the Áras. We’ve had a mystery whodunit (Dana), a shocking televisedContinue Reading
Martin McGuinness. The People’s Choice?
Irish journalist and media lecturer Harry Browne writes in CounterPunch on the presidential election, the panic gripping the Irish elites, and theContinue Reading
Gay ‘The Christian’ Mitchell
With the departure of Senator David Norris from the electoral field, it’s time to have another look at Fine Gael’sContinue Reading
Death By A Thousand Cuts
So, as I and many other commentators predicted, the presidential campaign of Senator David Norris has come to something of an ignoble end. From the IrishContinue Reading
Gay Mitchell: Right-Wing, Conservative, Christian… And President Of Ireland?
[For an updated and much expanded overview of Gay Mitchell’s conservative Christian links click here, including his alleged association withContinue Reading
Curiouser And Curiouser – David Norris, John Connolly, Labour And Israel
I reported earlier on the controversy swirling around Senator David Norris and the revelations over the criminal offences of his ex-partner, EzraContinue Reading
A Bit Of Cloak And Dagger? A Pro-Israeli Irish Blogger And David Norris
Hmmm, some interesting speculating over on the Cedar Lounge Revolution about what exactly lies behind the latest revelations over the personal lifeContinue Reading
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