A lovely, neat little bow to stick on top of the entirely stupid row about whether Mr. Martin should go to Washington: They might not even want him: White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said this evening that she has a “special place in my heart for the Irish” but she could not confirm whether […]
An essential trip to meet Joe Biden?
On October 7th, last year, the Irish Times delivered its damning verdict on the British Government’s handling of Covid-19. “Fantasy as Policy”, it pronounced. “What is clear”, the paper said, “is that the British prime minister has not lost his capacity for nonsense – his speech was full of Churchillian bluster and exceptionalism about the […]
The Taoiseach’s decision not to rule out this year’s White House St. Patrick’s Day trip is incomprehensible and represents a classic case of self-preservation during a global pandemic, according to Deputy Mattie Mc Grath. The Rural Independent TD described the decision to “plough ahead” with the trip to the White House as “completely irresponsible”. “The […]
At approximately this time yesterday morning, the question of “what to do about the schools” was remarkably uncontroversial, as these things go. In the face of an explosion in the number of cases, hospital admissions, and ICU admissions on foot of covid, the country had basically made peace with the fact that schools would not […]
As pubs, hairdressers, beauty salons and restaurants prepare to close tomorrow afternoon, they are among a range of businesses and organizations that might not be allowed to reopen until March according to Leo Varadkar.
The podium is ready. Journalists are breathlessly chronicling every delay, and every rumour, coming out of cabinet. At some time after 1pm, the Taoiseach will graciously descend the staircase in Government buildings, and walk to the microphone, and the podium. Both major broadcasters will carry it live: Cabinet is ongoing and delayed as discussions and […]
In an odd sort of way, the Taoiseach was making a very reasonable point yesterday, when he stood up and told the country, in the Dáil, that the banks were not bailed out when his party last lead a Government. But rarely in Irish history can a reasonable point have been made in a more […]
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said it will be “a different Christmas” in Ireland this year, but not to expect any visits from the Gardaí over the festive period.
Nothing congeals in Ireland quite so quickly as conventional wisdom, and in the days since Joe Biden was declared President Elect by the US media, the conventional wisdom in Ireland has hardened like concrete: He’s going to shaft the British on Brexit and plant his flag firmly in the old sod of Ballina – take […]
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