Category Archives: irish politics

Iowa Caucus Republican party

It would seem that the Iowa primary is rapidly becoming less about who wins on Jan 3rd but who loses the most and who exceeds expectations enough to carry momentum into the later contests. At the moment I would predict … Continue reading

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The Government’s Gender Quotas Proposal

The proposal on electoral gender quotas are just the sort boneheaded solution to a problem that ends up giving the problem a bad name. Candidate Quotas will not attract the sort of women who are currently inclined to avoid contesting … Continue reading

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When political daydreaming passes for electoral analysis

There was a quite stunning piece of  ‘electoral analysis‘ in the Irish Times yesterday, now I’m no holder of a candle for Sinn Fein as most would know but this piece is a complete distortion of SF’s presidential campaign and … Continue reading

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Dublin West By Election 2011 Prediction

With the polling for the Dublin West by election time happening tomorrow there is only a little time for me to whisk up some more egg for my face. The last poll to take place here was for the general election … Continue reading

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Egg on face 2

So we’re going into the final furlong or the last straight and the race has shifted considerably since the first attempt at this I had made. And how wrong that was, or right in some cases. Never one to back away … Continue reading

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Fine Gael’s Presidential misjudgement

So it would appear that Gay Mitchell is tanking in the polls, and that his chances of winning the contest are declining faster than the Kerry team in the last 5 minutes of the All-Ireland. Now while I don’t think … Continue reading

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The Presidential election and the 2 and half men strategy

To hell with opinion polls, let’s try picking some actual numbers based on the reading of entrails and the deductive reasoning of a biased pundit. I mean I couldn’t be much worse that this guy. So here goes, as it … Continue reading

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An Immodest Proposal – Let’s commit ourselves to ending inheritance

In seeking to create a society with more equal opportunities one of the problems that we can’t get away from is the influence of family history. If your ancestors were quick witted, physically strong specimens and completely amoral then the … Continue reading

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Ratting on the raters

Reading the coverage of the decision by one of the ratings agencies to downgrade Irish soverign debt to junk status, one could be forgiven for thinking that this wasn’t an opinion coming from some paragons of impartial virtual who were up to … Continue reading

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The real barriers to standing for election in Ireland.

We have see a considerable airing given to the 4 or is it 5 C’s that are barriers to women being election candidates but what of the sorts of problems that can potentially affect any one of us who might … Continue reading

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