That the Irish Government would prioritise gender equality right up until the moment it risked denying a white middle aged Fianna Fáil man a big job is undeniably funny.
It is an attack on the past saying that what has been offers no guidance to where we should go.
The irony here is that almost anything you do to make her position more democratically accountable would also strengthen her power to set the agenda in Europe.
The single biggest reason, of course, for the electoral success of the Nazi party was the failure of other political groupings to address the problems of the German people.
Asked to choose between alienating Irish Times reporters and Labour Party TDs on one hand, and their own voters and activists on the other, Independent Ireland chose to ditch its own national chairwoman.
we are beginning to see the formation of a core politically Islamic vote in the UK.
Following Eamon Ryan’s retirement last month
The whole point of forming the party was to build an organisation that could add more TDs and Senators in order to work towards entering Government. To do that, the party had to acquire a committed activist base. That is where Elaine Mullally came in.
Good politicians share the same instincts, regardless of their views.
Overall, the objective in healthcare should be to enact one or two small but popular and memorable policies, while leaving overall responsibility for healthcare in the hands of your coalition partners
One might think that if she believes politicians should be entitled to maternity leave, then the least she might do would be to come up with a workable proposal that could be drafted into legislation.
Optimism and endeavour is attractive. Resentment and depression is not.