The contrived controversy about Gerry Adams failing to get into the White House Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations highlights the self-pity and naked opportunism at the heart of Sinn Fein’s “Hit me now with the Peace Process in me arms”...
Today we celebrate the feast-day of our national patron, Saint Patrick.
As we do every year, let’s go through the motions of pretending to think about Saint Patrick and – in a broader sense – the notion of what it...
Ceapann gach préachán gur gheal a ghearrcaigh fhéin...
Is dócha gur sin an scéal le muintir Chiarraí leis na blianta anois mar tá an clann cháiliúil sin atá lonnaithe i gCill Garbhán, chomh suntasach i gcúrsai polaitiochta; is léir go...
The 32nd Dáil meets for the first time this Thursday and – a fortnight after the election - it seems impossible to discern the shape of the next government.
In our wisdom, we’ve elected 50 Fine Gael TDs, 44 Fianna...
All politics is local, the late Tip O’Neill reputedly said. That’s especially true in a country as small as Ireland.
Local concerns often influence the national debate at least as much as what happens in the Dáil affects life on...
