Green Party leader Eamon Ryan says his party will be supporting Fine Gael’s Simon Coveney in the upcoming no-confidence vote triggered by Sinn Féin. The motion comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding Coveney’s offering of a UN envoy position to former Minister Katherine Zappone, which many have dubbed “cronyism.” #SinnFéin is to table a motion of […]
“We are bound to love our own people with a special and peculiar love, a love that is not founded upon the common characteristics of the human race, but which is founded upon the special and distinctive character of our own nationality.” – Father Mícheál Ó Flannagáin Michael Flanagan was born near Castlerea in Co. […]
There is no doubt but that the large protests against the Government’s proposals to pass legislation requiring people to provide proof that they have been vaccinated in order to access some services, caught the establishment by surprise. Some of the biggest crowds of any protest in Covid times turned out at both the Convention Centre […]
A few caveats here: First, Behaviour and Attitudes has consistently found Sinn Fein support higher, and other party support lower, than other pollsters. That does not mean they are wrong, but it is worth noting. Second, they were not hugely accurate at the last general election, though that also does not mean they are wrong […]
Senator Rónán Mullen (Ind) has said that Sinn Féin is acting to deliberately prolong the housing crisis for political gain. The comments were made during a recent Seanad discussion of the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. Senator Mullen said that there were “two primary reasons” for the failure of local authorities to address housing needs […]
There were all sorts of rumours and speculation as the polls closed in the Dublin Bay South bye-election. The slightly higher turnout in Ringsend and Pearse Street as compared to the places where people dress up for dinner, apparently, had some pundits predicting that Lynn Boylan of Sinn Féin was going to emulate Mark Ward […]
While Sinn Féin continue to attempt to portray themselves as opponents of the ham-fisted ongoing restrictions in the Republic, it would appear that where they have actual control that their approach will be somewhat different. In the wake of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement that almost all restrictions on masks and gatherings will […]
While the Government decision to “postpone” re-opening of the hospitality sector was the talk of the country, where was the main “opposition” party? That would be Sinn Féin, in numbers at least. But the party whose press office is a veritable incontinent atm of statements on everything from how much people ought to stake on […]
Sometimes historical anniversaries throw up interesting items. Examples of irony perhaps, or maybe indications as to how much things have altered over the course of time. On Friday evening, Sinn Féin was the main political party which took part in what was effectively a picket of a Catholic Church in Ballyfermot. They and others may […]
Sinn Féin protests outside Catholic Church for not flying gay pride flag. The message: “Accept our agenda or else.” Ben Scallan reacts. #gript
Leo Varadkar said Fine Gael is the party to “unify our island”.
Aontú Candidate for the Dublin Bay South Bye Election, Mairead Tóibín has slammed the ongoing revelations about Government and Opposition parties conducting fake polls as evidence of a deep malaise in Irish politics. She said there was a that is rife in modern Irish politics, where citizens are seen as passive outsiders to be used […]