Confusion Over Barry Cowen’s Sacking Highlights Coalition Weaknesses
Last week Sinn Féin decided to celebrate its long-awaited assumption of the leadership of the post-election Opposition in Dáil ÉireannContinue Reading
Tag: Simon Coveney
Simon Coveney: Ireland Needs A Sinn Féin-Led Opposition?
A rather odd report from Extra.ie, the tabloid-style Irish news and culture website, on a recent appearance by Simon Coveney,Continue Reading
Nancy Pelosi Warns Britain: Do Not Harm The Good Friday Agreement
While some politicians and commentators in the United Kingdom may be have little more than contempt for the Good FridayContinue Reading
UK Minister Karen Bradley: Irish Killings By British Forces Were “Not Crimes”
With the political and press establishment in the United Kingdom racketing up its protests against any attempt by the regionalContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar: Soft On Vulture Funds, Soft On The Causes Of Vulture Funds
In many ways Leo Varadkar is the embodiment of modern right-wing politics in Ireland: socially liberal, economically conservative. While weContinue Reading
Britain Rejects Joint-Authority, Embraces Gerrymandering
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party has successfully completed its hijacking of the United Kingdom’s foreign relations. Or atContinue Reading
Government Turning Public Services Card Into National ID Card
With our long history of colonial and ecclesiastical misrule most Irish people have an instinctive dislike of unnecessary restrictions orContinue Reading
Ireland Dismisses UK’s Suggestion Of A Post-Brexit Electronic Border
Over the last several weeks there seems to have been a certain hardening in the diplomatic language deployed by IrelandContinue Reading
Enda Kenny’s Four Decade Career In Politics Is An Argument For TD Term Limits
If anything proves the necessity for term limits on the political careers of Teachtaí Dála, Enda Kenny’s unbroken forty-two yearContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s United Ireland Party Is Not For The Irish Voters Of Belfast
If the political and media establishments were hesitant or fearful of last year’s centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, its likelyContinue Reading
Ireland’s Homeless Crisis, When Party Ideology Trumps Government Duty
A full seven days late, the latest figures from the government show that 7,148 people were in emergency accommodation at theContinue Reading
