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Social Democrats and longing for the long ago.
Sir, Nostalgia appears to be all the rage, especially political nostalgia. The latest proponent is the new leader of the Social Democrats. The SocDems are a party for whom Irish history only began in 2015 when they were formed. Everything … Continue reading
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Decency is only for decent people
Sir, Your columnist Una Mullaly’s piece on why we should be concerned about abuse driving people from public life has a peculiar qualification. That “Politicians themselves can only expect decency when they are decent” begs the question of who gets … Continue reading
TCD Vote Predictions – Final
Warning: Below is a current assessment as of March 29th 2022 of where it appears the candidates are likely to finish up on the first count. The entrails used to make this determination were all organically fed and lived free … Continue reading
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TCD Seanad Race – Vote % Projections
Warning: Below is a current assessment as of March 9th 2022 of where it appears the candidates are likely to finish up on the first count. The entrails used to make this determination were all organically fed and lived free … Continue reading
University of Dublin – By-election
Warning: Any assessment of the likely votes that candidates may garner is completely unrelated to their qualities as human beings or how nice or hard working they are. Lots of people contest elections who are wonderful human beings and very … Continue reading
The 2020 Programme for Government
This is a good agreement for getting people from a broad range of parties and political backgrounds to temporarily suspend their critical faculties and to support it. This is a bad agreement for a government to deliver on, to bring the public … Continue reading
Has there really been no progress in treatment of those with a disability?
Tom Clonan writes with passion and directness about the challenges his son and his family face yet his central premise that it is the state that has disabled his son is one that cannot go unchallenged. There are clearly instances … Continue reading
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Towards a Just Society or Just virtue signaling
The column by Mark Fitzgerald invoking the Just Society suffers from the usual weaknesses of most writing about this document. The column is long on the supposed motivations and good intentions of those involved but short on the specifics of … Continue reading
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The three jobs of the next Fine Gael Leader
The next leader of Fine Gael, whoever that may be, will be expected to fulfill not one but three jobs in their new position. Just what are these three jobs that the next leader of Fine Gael will need to … Continue reading
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From anti-clericalism to anti Catholicism
There are many good and well founded reasons for people to question the transfer of a state funded asset to a private religious organisation. There are many people doing that at the moment with respect to the proposed move of … Continue reading
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