Leo Varadkar was right about this one – it was political theatre, not real opposition.
If Republican voters were simply choosing on policy, then the choice would be relatively clear.
The original test act, just like this modern one, had a simple animating origin: Fear.
By eschewing debate and, indeed, democracy itself, Una is effectively arguing that the opinions of the little people should not matter.
We live in a country now where you can sexually assault an eleven year old girl and get a suspended sentence.
The million new houses policy did stand out, though, for one reason: It was pretty much the only “bread and butter” thing that Labour could come up with.
It is perhaps too often ignored that the fact that Joanne Hayes and her family were falsely accused of murder also means that somebody else, for almost four decades, has gotten away with murder.
In this case, as so often, it appears as if some in the media seem to have come to believe that their job is to hide the news
Politics is now a profession, not a vocation, and in a profession the objective is to remain employed.
Why does Government need to fund separate organisations to “empower disabled people to know and claim their rights”?
The final decision on what will be in the curriculum rests solely with Minister Foley, and her civil servants.
Though pragmatism might be what voters want, the opposition inside and outside of the Dáil is not incentivised to provide it.