Sinn Féin’s spectacular and unforeseen triumph in the general election has brought new focus on the party and the way in which it is run. That has intensified as post-election polls would seem to point to an even better result in the event of coalition talks failing and a new election being called. All this […]
One of the questions arising from our look at the role of cuckoo funds in the Irish property market is whether it is possible for states to curb their power and influence. Are there any countries which have been able to prevent international funds gaining a major foothold within their domestic housing market and pricing […]
Trying to own your own home, but it seems more and more out of your reach? BEN SCALLAN looks at issues on the demand on homes and on the taxes and levies that make the price of a new house more expensive #gript
Why direct provision policy and the government’s neglect of rural Ireland is a toxic combination. JOHN McGUIRK talks to Ben Scallan Full Interview: The challenges facing future governments: link soon #gript #ge2020 #generalelection2020
I don’t vote Sinn Féin and I imagine I never will, but I shouldn’t need to post that disclaimer before pointing out how utterly ridiculous it is to compare the public rallies the party is hosting to the Nazi marches in Nuremberg. Making that comparison, and warning darkly about public gatherings amounting to “a campaign […]
A furore has erupted about the emergence of a Sinn Féin briefing note which showed the party included figures who had been members of the Army Council in the party’s negotiating team in the talks on Irish government formation. Unelected party members listed in the note as negotiators include Martin Lynch and former Sinn Féin […]
This article was published in the Burkean before the General Election, now with another possible GE on the horizon, we share it with our readers _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Finding it difficult to make sense of #GE2020? Going by the fact that on a good day, about one […]
One of the main issues in the recent election was housing. We live in a state where even those who can afford to in many cases cannot buy or rent a place to live. That is a major fail on any level. It is going to be exacerbated by the state’s plan to increase the […]
Sinn Féin members have been told that they need to maintain “maximum unity and cohesion” as they enter post-election talks aimed at forming a government. They have named a public negotiation team, but members have been told that others of the “core group” of the party are involved. The final election results present an interesting […]
During Election 2020, we heard a lot about serious concerns regarding the State’s inability to pay pensions in the future, yet very few of those discussions noted how anti-family this country has become. On RTE’s Prime Time a couple paying €1700 rent a month and doing a 12-hour day including a long commute said they […]
It would not be an exaggeration to describe this general election as one of the most extraordinary in the history of the state. The only comparable one I can think of is the 1948 election which led to the participation of Clann na Phoblacta in government but their advance was nothing compared to that of […]
A Donegal man aroused anger online after he claimed to have destroyed his grandmother’s polling card and hid her walking frame to prevent her from voting for her preferred candidate. My granny was going to vote for Peter Casey or that other racist guy so I ripped up her polling card and hid her walking […]