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The honeymoon for Leo was over… even before it started? @campaignforleo...
This column is from last month, June 19th 2017. In it, I looked at Taoiseach Varadkar’s first few faltering days in office and conclude that things have not been going according to his masterplan. Even...
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Enda Kenny: we’ll miss him (eventually)
This column originally appeared on Broadsheet.ie on May 8th 2017 and suggests that Fine Gael will come to regret dumping Enda Kenny as Taoiseach and leader as speedily as they have…...
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I have my doubts about Enda Kenny’s emigrants’ votes plans
Enda Kenny’s fascination with his predecessor John A. Costello continues. Not only is Enda determined to beat Costello’s record for time served as Taoiseach, he now seems to want to eclipse Costello’s...
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A brief history of the Fine Gael Heave #FGheave
Cosgrave at a Fine Gael Árd Fheis No one does heaves like Fine Gael does heaves. None of your subtle behind the scenes manoeuvrings for them. When it comes to getting political blood on the plush...
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Special Advisers #Spads can play an important and positive role in government
Here is my Broadsheet column from September 5th 2016. This looks at the important and positive role Special Advisers (Spads) can play in government, particularly a partnership one, such as the current...
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Pro-EU sentiment across #Ireland should be fostered via all island Forum...
This is my Broadsheet “Mooney on Monday” from Monday piece from June 27th on how the Irish Government (and politicians) must act in response to the UK’s Brexit vote. There is a new (though not...
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Irish ‘New Politics’ explained…. kind of… #Dail
This is my latest article for Broadsheet.ie – available online here: http://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/05/24/the-new-politics-explained/ New Politics explained….. What exactly is this “New Politics” we...
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Why @FineGael’s #GE16 pre-campaign campaign doesn’t augur well for real thing
This blog first appeared on the Slugger O’Toole website earlier today. Fianna Fáil’s poster attacking Fine Gael’s broken promises Whether polling day is on Feb 26th or March 4th, it is clear that...
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The Legend of #Enda of the wild Wesht…
The Legend of Enda of the Wild Whest… Enda’s #armygate saga has had pundits of all hues falling over themselves to explain, or even excuse, how and why An Taoiseach went to a recent EPP gathering in...
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The @finegael #LE14 meltdown is a repeat of @fiannafailparty’s #LE09 one #ep14
I have now updated my initial thoughts, musings, observations and mild rantings on the implications of the local election results, particularly Fianna Fáil’s stronger than expected showing. This was...
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Are @AlanShatterTD and @EndaKennyTD out-Nixoning Nixon on #gsoc ?
Nixon in Oval Office with Haldeman and Ehrlichman In asking a High Court Judge to re-examine and review the documentation and material already available the Cabinet, and in particular the Taoiseach,...
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Download #seanref #seanad information booklet here…
Download the Seanad Information Booklet produced by Democracy Matters! Seanad Reform Information Booklet
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Why @simonharristd makes the case for a #seanref #No vote much stronger #Seanad
The Seanad Chair As a firm believer in Seanad reform – and consequently a trenchant opponent of Seanad abolition – the Sunday Independent’s Millward Brown poll showing the No to Abolition side gaining...
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An analysis of @REDCMD @pppolitics poll & why the @fiannafailparty leadership...
RedC Polling Today’s RedC poll for Paddy Power brings very little good news unless you are an independent or a don’t know. The unadjusted core figures rank the parties in descending order as: Fine Gael...
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#Seanad: an early analysis of the campaign issues so far #seanref
I decided to take a quick look back over the issues emerging so far in the Seanad referendum campaign. As a protagonist on the Seanad Reform side, I do not claim this to be an impartial observation,...
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Enda Kenny has questions to answer after @Independent_ie reveals his #Anglo...
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D. (pic from FG website) This morning’s Sunday Independent story that back in January 2009 when he was still leader of the opposition that Enda Kenny had been in informal...
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Lucinda Creighton and the “Rats in the Ranks”
Thanks to a lot of travelling with work it has been a few weeks since I last posted on here. Here are my belated thoughts on Lucinda Creighton’s departure from the ranks of the Fine Gael parliamentary...
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Poll results: Worst Minister in Government
Last weekend I ran a poll under PR STV on the excellent www.opavote.org website to select/elect the worst Minister in Government. I closed polling a few minutes ago. Many thanks to all those who took...
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Who is the worst Minister in Government – you decide
The first meeting of the cabinet I recently discovered the opavote.org website and wanted to try it out, so I decided to create an online poll to see how the site works. The poll is determine the worst...
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#LE14 changes expose the big weakness in Government’s #Seanad Abolition case
On Thursday last the hopes and political aspirations of many hundreds of aspiring and existing City and County Councillors were either dashed or revived with the publication of the new local government...
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