It is to the credit of the Electoral Commission that these issues might finally now be addressed.
In the big black hole marked immigration, we pour more and more tax-payers money. In the hole marked, health or education or housing it seems to be: stop spending.
The highest priority in the modern world for almost everybody is the maintenance of their identity
They will say that Conor McGregor, whatever else he may be, is a figure with truly global and international reach.
And this brings us to the core problem: That Fine Gael’s policy offering is deeply, deeply unattractive right across the electorate.
It’s about changing an entire culture, not just a few knobs here and there.
I’ll tell you right now, that if they hold that election, no populist is going to win it. It would be much worse than that.
Don’t assume you are immune to magical thinking.
On this weekend’s Sunday Times revelations.
With fears of a Trump-induced recession and global instability, the Irish voter appears to be very much in a “don’t rock the boat” mood.
“For some of these fellas, not talking is the normal way of things anyway”, one Minister said.
Five years of accidental – and at times deliberate – sabotage.