This is….. not a decision that makes a whole lot of sense, actually: GREEN PARTY COUNCILLOR Hazel Chu has announced that she will run as an independent candidate in the upcoming Seanad by-election. Chu, the Lord Mayor of Dublin and the Green Party’s chairperson, did not receive backing from her party to run but submitted […]
Independent media is an essential part of any free society, and is vital for keeping the political establishment in check. But how can journalists hold government politicians to account, when they’re all in bed together – sometimes literally? Ben Scallan investigates. #gript
To put this weekend’s Sunday Business Post/Red C Opinion Poll in context, remember two things: first, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. And second, Fianna Fáil is the leading party of Government, led by the Taoiseach. They may as well enjoy that status while it lasts: 🚨POLL🚨 Red C […]
Can you imagine if the Ceann Comhairle tried this stunt with some of the Dáil’s tracksuit brigade? Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis snubbed from making a virtual contribution to Parliament after being judged to be dressed too casually… pic.twitter.com/ltyvkm8qtl — Lewis McKenzie (@LewisMcKenzie94) February 23, 2021 Tory MP Jonathan Gullis is the victim here. But was […]
One of the odd things about Irish politics is that what one might call the soft left – the sort of people who believe passionately in things like social justice, and liberal causes, and climate change – have not one, not two, but three political parties, all of whom believe basically the same things. On […]
The former campaign director for the “Abolish the Seanad” referendum campaign, Regina Doherty – who currently serves as leader of the Seanad, in Ireland’s greatest example of failing upwards – is not happy with the report into the Mother and Baby homes, which was published last week. She wants a report into the report, she […]
The happiest man in America today? Joe Biden. At the time of writing, only one of the two US Senate Elections in the state of Georgia has been officially called, with Democrat Raphael Warnock unseating Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler. The other race, featuring Democrat John Ossoff against Republican Senator David Purdue, has not been officially […]
I have not had Covid 19. At least, that is true, to my knowledge. Many people who do get Covid 19 have no symptoms whatever. So, it is possible, at least in theory, that it’s spent a few days in my system, and gone on its merry way. It is equally possible that over Christmas, […]
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 […]
It’s a basic principle of Irish democracy that taxpayer funding may not be used to promote candidates for election, or sides in referendums. Actually, let me rephrase that: It used to be a basic principle of Irish democracy that taxpayer funding may not be used to promote candidates for election, or sides in referendums. But […]
It wasn’t Leo’s fault at all you see, this whole fuss about the leaking of confidential documents. The real issue is that when you’re madly popular and powerful (and a media darling to boot), all these hangers-on start to think you’re their friend, when you’re not. It’s the kind of problem other globetrotting celebs like Prince Harry – and […]
One of the noticeable aspects of the Trump campaign, which Irish people would not have noticed inside the echo chamber of the lazy and biased reporting of RTÉ and other D4 emigres in Washington, was the prominence of non-white people among Republican candidates and supporters of the President. When it seemed that things were going […]