Fine Gael’s election campaign seems to have been derailed in part by the understandable anger felt by voters at the mess the government has made of the pensions issue. The issue has arisen because private sector workers retire at 65 but since 2014 they have not been entitled to access the State pension until 66 […]
Former journalist John Waters has announced he will run as an Independent candidate in the upcoming general election, affiliating himself with the Anti-Corruption Ireland movement.
Aontú has slammed RTÉ’s decision to exclude the party from the televised Leaders’ debates. Describing the decision as a “modern day lockout”, Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, said the move as a serious mistake by the broadcaster and questioned the reasoning behind the decision. An Teachta Tóibín stated: “There are 8 political parties organised on a […]
Kerry’s Michael Healy-Rae has just released this beauty ahead of February’s General Election, taking full advantage of the Wolfe Tone’s resurgent ‘Come out ye Black and Tans’.
An independent candidate for Sligo-Leitrim, says the controversy over the pension gap – where those retiring at 65 are now being forced to sign on the dole because the official pension age has been raised to 66 – shows the government’s disregard for its people. Bernie O’Hara says she would demand a review of the retirement […]
Peadar Tóibín, leader of Aontú, has urged the electorate to “think outside the political cartel” of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, and to vote for its 25 candidates on February 8th. The party is hoping to build on the success of the general election last year, and says that the current government, supported by Fianna […]
Several stories in recent weeks have brought a new focus on what equality activists call ‘covert racism’. The opposite of overt racism. Meghan Markle was certainly subjected to overt, racial slurs on social media but according to some of her defenders it was the covert racism from mainline media and broadcasting that made life impossible […]
The election is upon us, and this year’s election will be fought on the three H’s. Housing, Homelessness and Health. The latter is the one which affects each and every one of us, and one which has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons into the New Year. Fine Gael came into power ten […]
Former American President George H.W. Bush, as he was losing his campaign for re-election to Bill Clinton way back in 1992, famously complained that try though he might, he couldn’t compete with Clinton on “the vision thing”. In that election, Bush, a man who had served his country for fifty years and served with honour […]
Good news, folks. After what feels like a lifetime of waiting, a new, true, fully socialist Irish movement is here. Paul Murphy has finally stepped forward, to offer the people the revolutionary leadership we have all waited so many years for: “Speaking at the launch in Dublin today, Murphy said that after a year-long debate […]