Powerful Ard Chomhairle Versus Powerful National Executive
When is a party Ard Chomhairle not a sinister and shadowy body acting purely in its own interests, dictating decisionsContinue Reading
Tag: Seanad Éireann – Senate of Ireland
Irish Senators Fiddle With Anthems While Irish History Burns
Every time I hear of some new bit of nonsense out of Seanad Éireann, the unelected – and unelectable –Continue Reading
Rejected General Election Pigs Looking For A Trough
Way back in June of 2013 a post on the Cedar Lounge Revolution asked, “Is the Seanad really a dumping groundContinue Reading
Averil Power, Muire Na nGael
From the tabloid news and current affairs website, The Journal, a brief puff-piece reporting on RTÉ’s “Sunday With Miriam” radio show whereContinue Reading
Threats, Intimidation And Absences In The Seanad Election
As stated in a previous post, I have largely avoided commenting upon the complex Maíria Cahill controversy, due in noContinue Reading
A Delirium Of Political Vacuousness
So, I’ve not too much to say while I’m smothered with a persistent cold which refuses all efforts to kill it offContinue Reading
Maíria Cahill And The Labour Party, Or Integrity Meets Avarice
To misquote a terrible old bigot who had a way with words, most political controversies end not with a bang but with a whimper. ThatContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil, A Party Without A Cause
My family has been dwelling in Dublin city and its environs since the mid-1800s, part of the mass rural exodusContinue Reading
Seanad Éireann, A Legislative House For All Of Ireland
Seanad Éireann, the quasi-democratic upper house of the Oireachtas, has an unenviable record for cronyism and patronage, serving downContinue 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
Oireachtas Reform – Gilding A Poisoned Lilly
Some uncomfortable reading in the New York Times newspaper for Ireland’s Neo-Ascendancy elites as the author Tana French reveals theContinue Reading
Et Tu, Brute?
Interesting to see that we are not the only ones having trouble with our Senate. From the National Post inContinue Reading
David Norris, A Southern Unionist?
In 2011 Senator David Norris ran for the presidency of Ireland in a campaign beset by controversy about his somewhatContinue Reading
David Norris – One Revelation Too Many?
The sheen has certainly gone off Senator David Norris, someone I used to have enormous respect and admiration for (evenContinue Reading
