Big State Ireland is now viewed as a mainstream political view rather than the extremist ideology that it really is.
Fianna Fáil in 2023 is that it now appears to be run by the leadership largely for the benefit of the leadership.
Accepting that Dublin City Council’s ultra left and liberal political culture may have played a role in creating today’s Dublin might be a useful starting point.
World class player?
As the wheels came off corporate RTÉ in the last few weeks, one of the more interesting narratives to emerge was that of the wounded and betrayed RTÉ journalist.
What the opinion polls are now effectively telling us is that there is no political opposition in Ireland.
In many respects, the further left you go in Irish politics the more privilege you encounter.
It’s worth noting that both Fine Gael and Sinn Féin are now led by privately educated Dubliners
Are Ireland’s woke left today’s Red Guards?
Fine Gael is a shambles on everything from housing to health and welfare tourism, says Donal Hogan. What happened?
A recent report on housing in Ireland came up with the startling figure that just 28% of homes built in 2021 were available to ‘ordinary’ purchasers. In that year, most houses and apartments were snapped up by foreign investor funds – kindly assisted by tax breaks from the Irish state – and various social housing […]
Perhaps nothing symbolised Ireland’s protracted Covid lockdowns more than the ubiquitous horse box. For long the symbol of provincial backwardness in Ireland, Covid saw the emergence of the improvised horse box cum coffee outlet. Suddenly, no urban space was complete without its own chic equine-themed coffee outlet dispensing lattes and the like to Ireland’s most discerning […]