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
Three quarters of us are satisfied with the performance of our local gardai.
And it’s hardly surprising if they don’t know what a woman is, because they don’t seem at all certain on what an adult is, either.
Laws, ideally, should encourage good behaviour and restraint.
If one was to ask Leo Varadkar what his greatest achievement in politics have been, what do we think he might say? I would hazard a guess, personally, that the marriage equality and abortion referenda would make it into any top five. The Government never tires of reminding people how brave it was to take […]
The first thing to understand about both the Seanad and the Dáil is that an absolutely enormous number of votes are formalities
A government that is block buying homes out from under its own working citizens in order to give those homes to non-working citizens is sending a message.
If your public facing public services have become increasingly intolerable to those working in them, the likeliest and most probable cause is political interference.