“On a human level I feel awful for poor Jim and his family.”
‘I made a mistake that was not in keeping with my character’
“Transparency”: 26-year-old Fianna Fáil TD Albert Dolan spent 2 years creating a Government payment’s tracker so the public can more easily scrutinise how taxpayer money is spent across Departments.
At this stage, mathematically, there are only two people left in the race to make the ballot
There are times in public life when the people running the country have to hold those below them to account.
Minister for Justice promised legislation
When I look at him I see just another middle aged Irish fella in a suit terrified of saying the wrong thing.
Dynamics at play.
Decided matter.
Áras ambitions.
But his victory would represent, I think, a further confirmation that the Irish public have a fundamental preference for the acceptable and tolerable over the challenging.
Decisions.