Sinn Féin May Need To Reform. But So Does Our News Media
According to the latest polling, from the “Oirish” edition of The Sunday Times, Sinn Féin is currently at the topContinue Reading
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Mary Lou McDonald: “A United Ireland Will Happen Within A Decade”
I’ve some mixed views on the British journalist Owen Jones, who cleaves a little bit too much to the censoriousContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s “Food Parcels” Jibe At Mary Lou McDonald Backfires. Bigly!
Back in the 1950s the author and playwright Brendan Behan famously dismissed the average scion of the Anglo-Irish Ascendancy, theContinue Reading
The Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Green Party Thruple
Can we hear the awkward movements of a ménage à trois between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green PartyContinue Reading
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
Sinn Féin And Green Party Rallies. Press Hysteria And Hypocrisy
The hysteria gripping the political duopoly that has held onto the levers of power in Ireland for most of theContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Greens Shuffle Towards Coalition Government
Watching yesterday’s performative politics in Dáil Éireann I was reminded of the words of the Mock Turtle’s song from Alice’sContinue Reading
Breaking The Golden Circle Is What FF and FG Fear The Most
So what’s next in Irish politics following the unexpected outcome of Saturday’s general election? Sinn Féin has recorded a significantContinue Reading
Poll: Sinn Féin 25%, Fianna Fáil 22%, Fine Gael 17%, Greens 9%
I’d treat this with caution until we get the details but a poll commissioned by Sinn Féin through the well-knownContinue Reading
The General Election Polls: They’re All About Change
A recent episode of the David McWilliams’ Podcast examining some of the startling results in the latest general election polls.Continue Reading
Sinn Féin Tops Latest Irish Times Poll As Fianna Fáil Trails Behind
It’s often claimed that the UK leader Harold Wilson was the first one to make the observation that “a weekContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And Fianna Fáil Top The Latest Polls
While all the usual caveats apply, with high polling results for Sinn Féin rarely translating into equally high voting comeContinue Reading
Sinn Féin Surge In Latest Poll As Fine Gael Plummets
If the first opinion poll of the general election had a question mark or two about its methodologies, the resultsContinue Reading
Boris Johnson On The Peace Process “Defeat” Of The British Government By The IRA
In May 2000, two years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the regional and international peace treaty thatContinue Reading
Irish Local And European Elections 2019: Good For The Greens, Terrible For Sinn Féin
So it’s all over in the counts for the local government elections for 2019 with the final results from theContinue Reading
Fine Gael Likely To Top European Elections While The SDLP and Alliance Compete For MEP Seat
If the latest polls are correct Fine Gael is likely to emerge as the biggest winner from the forthcoming electionsContinue Reading
2019 Northern Local Elections Results: A New Trend Or An Anomaly?
Following nearly three days of counting the results of UK-administered local government elections in the north-east of the country areContinue Reading
The Daily Beast Gets It Wrong On Ireland And The UK Brexit
Nico Hines, the London editor of The Daily Beast, has co-written a rather misleading article on the question of theContinue Reading
Video: A British Left-Wing Review Of Brexit And Ireland
The video below, from Novara Media in Britain, examines the potential impact of Brexit on Ireland, with contributions by ChrisContinue Reading
Sinn Féin’s Westminster MPs Should Take Up Their Seats. In Dáil Éireann
The likelihood that the withdrawal agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom will be defeated by a majorityContinue Reading
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
The Latest Northern Poll Continues Trend Favouring A Reunited Ireland
The latest survey of voter opinions in the north-east of the country continues the trend of recent months, reflecting increasedContinue Reading
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