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If anything, nationalists may have missed an opportunity by not simply shrugging their shoulders and saying “if that’s what it costs, then that’s what we will pay”. There’s more than a hint of “arguing with your fiancé over the cost of an engagement ring” about the focus on money
So, the bells toll as Fine Gael’s hearse, towed by a pair of tawdry jades, creaks towards Glasnevin cemetery wherein already repose the mortal remains of the Irish Parliamentary Party, the PDs, Clann na Phoblact and Clann na Talmhan
“Politics is not an easy profession.”
“Being the Finance Minister allows him to plausibly claim credit for all Government successes, since he funded them, while distancing himself from failures, because all he did was fund them.”
“I don’t think it was the defining reason.”
If the Leo Varadkar of 2004 could look at the Leo Varadkar of 2024, I think it perfectly fair – even if perhaps slightly harsh – to ask whether he would even recognise himself.
Gript’s Ben Scallan reports from Leinster House as Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader.
“never a ‘right time’ to resign”
Any other workplace that was suddenly losing a third of its workforce, many of them in the prime of their careers, would be considered to be in trouble. Serious questions would be asked of the senior management.
St Patrick’s Day, without anaesthetic or pre-trauma counselling, is being inflicted on 48 unsuspecting countries
It’s another instance of our leaders passively admitting something in their actions that they cannot say with their words: That Ireland’s stance on Gaza – whether it is morally correct or incorrect – is politically toxic in the United States,
It all goes back to an attitude problem: Listening to many Irish politicians, you get the permanent impression that they’re entirely sick of dealing with us
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