Tag Archives: politics

Of gender, jobs and quotas

Posted on July 5, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia Over on political reform one of the most commented pieces in recent times concerns the description of the new Fine Gael front bench as ‘Male, stale and pale’. This description is in itself ironic given the complete … Continue reading →

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The actual new FG front bench

Posted on July 1, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia As got from p.ie, where there is mucho interesting discussion about it. Looks to me like Finance and the long term economy has been split which I think is a very good thing indeed. FINE GAEL FRONT … Continue reading →

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I’ll be on Newstalk’s Saturday Edition in the morning

Posted on June 18, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia I will be taking part in a discussion re: the week’s events in Fine Gael tomorrow morning between 8.30am and 9.30am. I’m not a main player as it were, merely a phone contributor.  Senator Alex White, Senator … Continue reading →

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Where does Fine Gael go now?

Posted on June 18, 2010 by dsullivan

Image via Wikipedia I think this rural vs urban stuff is nonsense, Mark Coughlan of another parish noted that it seemed to be in areas where the PDs had once had a foothold or seat that the FGers were opposed … Continue reading →

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The end of Enda

Posted on June 11, 2010 by dsullivan

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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What if there was an election and nobody won?

Posted on May 7, 2010 by dsullivan

That is pretty much what they’ve had in the UK. Labour lost massive numbers of seats, the Tories appear to be solidly short of a majority and the LibDems simply failed to convert support in votes. It is possible, even … Continue reading →

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The Tories baseless fear of PR

Posted on May 5, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Jason notes the fear factor being raised by the Daily Mail against PR. One does have to wonder if the poor dears writing for the Daily Mail in the UK know how PR works. … Continue reading →

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An less than Occasional Guide to Irish Politics: The Political Blogger

Posted on March 26, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by Getty Images via Daylife He (and it’s almost certainly a he) is the self styled outsider on Irish politics, more often than not left leaning though with the odd libertarian fly in the ointment. Occasionally might work in PR or … Continue reading →

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How very Gay-like

Posted on February 12, 2010 by dsullivan

Image by infomatique via Flickr In reading the responses to George Lee’s departure from the Dáil I saw this prompt endorsement of the party leader from Gay Mitchell. It would seem Gay is interested in nailing down his position on … Continue reading →

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A short history of the economy in 80s Ireland

Posted on February 5, 2010 by dsullivan

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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