It’s the kind of thing that, if it were being proposed for, say, Boris Johnson, would have the Irish media in apoplectic form.
They are a party that pretends to represent the working people, but actually represent the concerns of the ruling class, almost in their entirety.
on the substance, Willie O’Dea is right: Fianna Fáil has become, in Government, functionally indistinguishable from Fine Gael.
At present, Ireland is on course for a disastrous pensions reckoning
In fact, by the standards of western, English-speaking democracies, the Irish Government is in a very strong political position, relative to the main opposition.
It paints a picture, whether intentional or not, of a closed shop political class whose cultural and economic similarities overcome any superficial policy differences.
It has not been much remarked upon, in the early days of the new year, that there is one political certainty in 2022: The year begins with Micheál Martin as Taoiseach. It will end with somebody else in the job. Mr. Martin made a deal to take power, and at the centre of that deal […]
Irish politics is an immensely silly business. No wonder they leave the real decisions about running the country to Dr. Holohan, and his team.
More and more voters are coming to the conclusion that change is required.
“What are the Labour Party for?”, asked a colleague who shall remain nameless, yesterday, as we were deciding who would write about this weekend’s party conference. “After all, what’s unique about them is not popular, and what is popular about them is not unique”. It’s hard to argue with that. The Labour Party is in […]
Councillor Treanor has long been a controversial figure, mainly because he says things about immigration, in very plain language, that more respectable politicians would never dream of saying. That is also, in large part, why he keeps winning elections.
In 2008, when the last great disaster befell us, there was a moment of post-fall clarity. “Yes”, the media said, “too many dissenters were shouted down. There was a Groupthink problem. It should never happen again”.