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Tag Archives: Fianna Fail
Fianna Fail’s real electoral nightmare – Part 1
Image via Wikipedia The real nightmare for Fianna Fail at the next general election is not losing power, it’s not even whether they end up losing 20 or even 30 seats. It is that the wrong people will end up … Continue reading
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Tagged Dara Calleary, Fianna Fail, Mary Coughlan, Meath East, Thomas Byrne
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The end of Enda
Image via Wikipedia He has been an excellent leader of the party and has the qualities to make a great Taoiseach but the electorate have fixed in their minds a view of him that is inaccurate, not based on his performance and … Continue reading
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Tagged Add new tag, enda kenny, Fianna Fail, fine gael, irish politics, irish times, labour, leadership challenge, mrbi, politics, Richard Bruton, Taoiseach
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“I take full responsibility” Brian Cowen
Image by The CBI via Flickr So on foot of the banking reports, An Taoiseach, Brian Cowen says that he takes full responsibility but what does that mean? Is he going to resign, is he going to decline to lead … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking Inquiry, brian cowen, Fianna Fail, government, Taoiseach
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Is Brian Lenihan off his game?
I suppose someone at some point has to ask the awful question but this incident whereby the government forgot to oppose a Labour party amendment to the Finance bill and following on from the manner of his defence of Willie … Continue reading
Err in haste, repent at leisure – Brian Cowen and the DDDA
Image by RedAgenda.com via Flickr It’s a matter which got lost in the hubbub yesterday evening but according to a thread on p.ie Phil Hogan has seen “The Minutes of DDDA Board meetings show that, in October 2006, it took … Continue reading
An Irish liberal party – what about a progressive caucus instead
Image via Wikipedia In performing a little exercise set for me by Jason O Mahony I was given to thinking about the calls that come every once in a while from some quarters that we should have new Liberal party … Continue reading
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Tagged caucus, Fianna Fail, fine, Greens, Ireland, irish politics, labour, liberal party, Liberals, progressive democrats, Sinn Féin
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A short history of the economy in 80s Ireland
I normally don’t post links to p.ie but this obviously took too much effort and is too excellent not to reach as many people as possible. Massive kudos to Edo. Full extract below but better to comment on p.ie Edo … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic policy, economy, Fianna Fail, fine gael, Ireland, irish politics, Northern Ireland, politics
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The Rules of the Inquiry into the Banks
#1 The first rule of the inquiry, is you do not enquire about the inquiry! #2 The second rule of the inquiry, is you DO NOT enquire about the inquiry! #3 – If someone says stop, feels peckish, goes to … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking Inquiry, brian cowen, Fianna Fail, inquiry, john gormley, Pat Rabbitte
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The longest petition for political divorce in Irish history
Image via Wikipedia The Greens have leaked or had stolen from their HQ some of their policy ideas for the new Program for Government. Engaging in some verbal theft of my own from Gerald Kaufman MP, who said of the … Continue reading