Notably, Eamon Ryan’s distress emerged on the same day that one of his erstwhile allies made a key admission.
Put simply, the side that is less factional and more united around a leading candidate of their side has the better chance to win.
Spoiler alert: it’s going to be “never”.
“If you vote against the State you shouldn’t be entitled to benefits,” said Cllr King.
It is not enough for those of us who desire political change in this country to cheer disillusionment with the system
Fine Gael ran this election as they have run so many others: Focused only on appeasing voters to their left, and doing nothing at all to inspire or recruit voters to their right.
I felt in the end as if I had no choice. Figuratively, and literally.
No politician – not one – has rallied to the cause of welfare reform for families like the Puskas.
The Irish public have a right to be livid. Fucking livid.
You expect them to learn WHAT lesson?
You do one useful thing, and you get attacked for it. Who’d be a politician?
There is no law saying to anybody that you must vote on a candidate on his or her merits instead of voting on them because your party has taken a position.