Motorists are a powerful voting block in Ireland, and one that gets regularly abused by politicians
Everywhere you turn, progressivism holds sway. And yet, the youth are still upset.
In all of this, you might note, the refugees themselves are an afterthought
With the departure of Richard Bruton, and his generation, we may well be entering an era of shorter political careers, more radical policy shifts, and more volatile elections.
But not one he is accepting with perfect grace.
So what’s the endgame? Hope the Russians eventually give up?
you’d be foolish to bet heavily against our current crop of Ministers, minus maybe the Greens, getting another go at this.
in a more relaxed setting, politicians were obviously and perhaps understandably more open to expressing, and considering, a wider range of views.
There are big questions, I think, to be asked of Ireland’s economic model and the kind of society it has produced.
“middle class people in Ireland don’t protest about money, they only protest about do-gooder stuff”
Everything about the electoral commission’s new mandate – which it is already enhancing by itself – speaks to a body that is designed to funnel voters towards particular decisions and away from other decisions.
Is Roisin Murphy in a stronger position because she apologised? No – she’s in a far weaker one