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.
Little birdies tell me, for what it’s worth, that it’s the word from the doors that’s terrifying Government.
What generally happens in Ireland with scandals is not that they get resolved, but simply that the public gets bored with them and moves on.
Had this been made clear before the ratification of the relevant EU treaties; would Hungary have signed them? Would Ireland?
It is not the next election that the Irish establishment should fear. It is the one after that.
Gaza might be dominating politics, as Pat Leahy wrote on Friday. But immigration is dominating the minds of voters.
At some point in the future, a Government is going to have to decide whether RTE has a future in its current form at all
Pay very close attention to what is said here, and what is not said:
None of this will make the slightest bit of difference to events in Gaza. Nor, for that matter, to the majority of voters in the country.