The first thing to understand about both the Seanad and the Dáil is that an absolutely enormous number of votes are formalities
The Irish government offering foreign language voting guides to help asylum seekers vote in elections is a self-serving power-grab disguised as a good deed, says Ben Scallan
Why bother?
Winning is not necessarily the objective, first time out.
The age of adulthood in Ireland is eighteen. Up until that point, children are, and should remain, their parent’s problem.
VOX’s program contains a battery of tax-cutting measures. In particular, it aims to incentivise family formation and child rearing by removing the tax burden on families.
The middle class in Ireland have not been convinced of the need for change.
Regional elections in May signalled a deep concern in Spanish society about not only the social policies of Sánchez’s government but also its authoritarian slide.
Funding and connections
The state, and the Irish people, have a fundamental right to safety, and to the expectation that their hospitality, while generous, should not be abused.
Raging against a law that restricts civil liberties would barely cost Sinn Fein a single vote and would likely win it many more than it ultimately lost.
A few weeks ago I got some entirely predictable stick from readers when I wrote that a Sunday Times Behaviour and Attitudes poll showing a dramatic surge for Sinn Fein and a dramatic collapse for Fine Gael was probably wrong. At the time I wrote: In any case, the sensible thing to do when an […]