Which way Sinn Fein jumps will tell us a lot about the party, and it will also tell us a lot about what it’s hearing on the doorsteps.
O’Leary is betting that the Government won’t pursue a policy that is deeply unpopular with the public. He should probably talk to some immigration-is-too-high activists. They’ll set him straight.
It is to the states’ shame that the Ditch had to go fighting for this information, and to the Ditch’s very great credit that they went and fought for it.
He might have been the very last Redmondite – or at least the last to willingly embrace the label – but if the tradition dies with him, then he has ensured that it can be buried, like himself, with honour.
It’s “elite” now in Ireland to earn €45,000 working as a policy officer for an NGO and to express your views on the climate emergency and the need for effective trans healthcare, but it is decidedly not elite to earn twice that amount as a plumber but to be worried about immigration and crime.
In the event that you’re shocked by a “YES” win, it might be worth bearing the above factors in mind.
That this little boy has been left in this condition is one of the many reasons why any politician who talks about compassion in the context of this state should be met with scorn and derision.
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The justice system exists, ultimately, for the purpose of keeping the rest of us safe. And it is failing.
After all, everybody knows that misinformation can only come from the hated “far right”, right?
As ever in Ireland, a big change will happen slowly, and then all at once.
It is certainly arguable that DUP concerns reflect more a paranoia about the Union than they reflect any real or immediate threat to the Union.