The bad news for Donald Trump, in this new poll from the excellent Ireland Thinks (which increasingly does polling on interesting questions that other companies just don’t) is that if Ireland was the 51st state of the Union, it would be the most Democratic state there is. Even in ultra-liberal Vermont, Trump will get something […]
The abbreviation “NGO” stands, as most people know, for “non governmental organisation”. In other words, it covers a whole range of charities, political lobby groups, and representative bodies who take part in the political process, but who are not political parties, or part of the Government. Amnesty Ireland is an NGO, as is the Irish […]
Last week Aontú leader Peadar Toíbín launched a Bill, co-signed by Galway East Independent TD Seán Canney, to introduce a minimum 10 month sentence for any person convicted of stealing a family pet. Unfortunately this appears to have been a bit of a growth industry over the last months, partly due to gangs whose normal forte is […]
Who would you vote for, if you could vote, in next week’s US Presidential Election? VOTE in our Poll below and leave your comments here and on social media.
PODCAST: Listen to John Aidan Byrne, Irish commentator based in New York, interview Dr. Savneet Singh as he analyzes Trump’s Tweets in real time. He is an expert on social media and technology. After masterminding a social media campaign for Enda Kenny’s 2011 Ireland election victory, Dr. Ravneet Singh breaks his silence & also unveils […]
To make sure everyone suffers equally, Gardaí are now making spot checks at Tesco and Dunnes and Aldi to be sure that nobody is buying coats or scarfs or underwear. Here was Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, explaining how he was saving us from the self-harm of buying coats and other ‘non-essential’ goods this winter. Tánaiste Leo […]
Give a lot of credit to the University of Southern California: It’s not often you see a major public polling outfit release a lengthy analysis of why its opinion polls might be wrong, but they’ve just done exactly that. For background, USC has been doing a daily tracking poll of the American Presidential Election. So […]
The entire basis of most of the western approach to Coronavirus has been to use lockdowns and protective measures to pin the disease in place until such time as an effective vaccine can be developed that will render the virus harmless. Unfortunately, it is increasingly looking as if Coronavirus will have the last laugh. From […]
Tens of thousands of Polish women defying lockdown rules in the streets. Cathedrals invaded by chanting crowds. Handmaids walking down church aisles. Banners with slogans like: “You Have Blood on Your Hands” and “You are Building Women’s Hell.” Ever since Poland’s highest court ruled last Thursday that abortion due to foetal defects is unconstitutional, the […]
On Tuesday last, the Dáil allotted time to statements on the European Council of Ministers meeting that had ended on October 16. At a time when the Brexit negotiations and the Covid panic were exercising most minds, those topics took up the bulk of member’s contributions. Not so, Mick Barry the reticent communist TD for […]
The author, John Hamill, is Co-Host of The Free Thought Prophet Podcast Last week, the Seanad debated the Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019, which proposed to remove several restrictions on the influence of money within our political process. Currently, the Electoral Act places limits on the value of individual donations made for political purposes. This new […]
We should be wary of spending too much time analysing daily case numbers, but since we all do it anyway, here’s an interesting observation here from HSE supremo Paul Reid: The positivity rate in testing has now come down over the past 8 days. The number of close contacts is now down to an avg. […]