Stormont Elections: 42% Pro-Union, 41% Pro-Unity, 16% Other
A lot of partisan views have been expressed on the results of last week’s regional elections in the north ofContinue Reading
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A lot of partisan views have been expressed on the results of last week’s regional elections in the north ofContinue Reading
With the shit show that is the by-election in Dublin Bay South still gurgling away, casting the main parties –Continue Reading
Given the patently racist accusations made against him by right-wing British journalists and publications over the years, with allegations ofContinue Reading
The current furore in the London press over an article by the veteran British journalist and newspaper editor Roy GreensladeContinue Reading
The phrase “jumping the shark” describes the moment when a once popular television show attempts to revive its fortunes byContinue Reading
This week should have seen Sinn Féin in the sunny uplit lands of opposition, to borrow a phrase from UKContinue Reading
Over the last few days I have had a rather testy exchange by email with a commentator from a northernContinue Reading
While many voters and commentators now regard Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as different sides of the same political orContinue Reading
When is a party Ard Chomhairle not a sinister and shadowy body acting purely in its own interests, dictating decisionsContinue Reading
If Sinn Féin went into the general election with the widespread belief that it was going to suffer serious lossesContinue Reading
In recent years I’ve tended to treat many of the more headline-making figures from polling by the Sunday Times/Behaviour &Continue Reading
It is difficult to know what one should make of the “bomb” attacks on the Belfast homes of Gerry Adams, theContinue Reading
Following on from a statement to a gathering of shocked MEPs in Brussels by a senior representative of the LabourContinue Reading
Like many observers of the minutiae of Irish politics, I was somewhat puzzled by Sinn Féin’s decision in 2012 toContinue Reading