Vänsterbredaren och vallmoblomman
Sankt Patrick försökte förklara den katolska guden för irländarna genom att använda treklövern. Med det lyckades han bra, och landet var nästan uteslutande katolik i bra många år, ändå tills […]
Category Archives: Irish Politics
A fight that will last more than three rounds
It was the stark, casual, easy laziness of our return to racism that was so disappointing, and yet so predictable. Moments before, John Joe Nevin had fought himself to a […]
Deadbeat minister for a deadbeat nation
The real problem with James Reilly appearing in Stubbs Gazette is not the fact that he is officially a deadbeat minister in our deadbeat nation. It is our moral bankruptcy […]
Reality bites for Kenny
The budget will not be drafted in public. -Enda Kenny In fairness, he’s not lying. But it won’t be drafted in Kildare Street either. Nor will it ever again be […]
“Jailing former prime ministers is our national sport”
Pascha has dodged the question twice. It’s lunchtime, and there isn’t enough soup and fish and rice in the world to give him time to explain the minutiae of Ukrainian […]
EXIT POLL: Five reflections on Ireland’s Yes
In the absence of any definitive figures, I’m going to cave in and do what I always criticise others for doing- jump to a few conclusions, engage in a bit […]
Closing the stable door before the horse has voted
After the weekend’s orgy of ball sports, the fun continued in Ireland last night with the blood sport of democratic debate around the Fiscal Treaty referendum – and by extension, […]
Rubbing Salt in Angela’s Wounds
As the euro slides inexorably towards the abyss, it’s hard not to feel that Angela Merkel has, like Tony Blair and George W Bush, sacrificed her legacy on the altar […]
Scorn not simplicity
It’s been a busy few weeks, not least in every nook and cranny of the perfect political storm that Ireland has evolved into. I’ve been working around the clock, but […]
The hazard waiting in the water
After the fury over the household charge came and went, we turn our attention to the next red herring – the water meters, and the charges, and how it’s all […]
