Posted in Irish Society, Government, Irish election, politics/world on Aug 3rd, 2007 7 Comments »
The sound of a thousand hands smacking against foreheads can be heard across the country following the news that among the Taoiseach’s 11 nominees to the Seanad is one Eoghan Harris, FF monkey grinder extraordinaire.
Eoghan Harris is of course a Sunday Independent columnist and a former RTE producer of the hit program Postbag as […]
Posted in Seanad Elections, Government, politics/Ireland on Jul 25th, 2007 8 Comments »
So, on Monday, with less than a day before polls close, I was looking at the ballot paper for the Dublin University constituency of the Seanad. I was fairly sure for which candidates I was going to vote, but my misgiving was this: should I vote at all?
I’m a firm believer in the importance of […]
Posted in Banks, Bastards, Irish Economy, Irish housing, Government, Property on Jul 12th, 2007 5 Comments »
There’s an ad for the Bank of Ireland on RTE these days that sums up perfectly the core problem with the Irish economy. It’s a fucking fairy dreaming about a car loan. she introduces herself by saying that “someday I’m going to be running this place”. At the moment she’s only starting off in her […]
Posted in Greens, Government, Irish History, Irish Labour History, History, Ireland on Jun 15th, 2007 5 Comments »
I had immense plans.”
Kurtz. Heart of Darkness.
So. The Greens have formed a coalition with Fianna Fáil and at a stroke have turned themselves into the most right-wing environmentalists in the world. How long will this contradiction last? Will the Irish electorate accept such a contradiction? Who knows…
The Irish electorate is willing to accept a […]
Posted in Government, Greens, politics/Ireland on Jun 13th, 2007 4 Comments »
Having heard Dan Boyle of the Green Party on Newstalk this lunchtime, talking up the agreement they’ve hammered out with Fianna Fail over the formation of the next government, I had to laugh.
The Greens have been convinced by the wily Fianna Fail negotiators that nothing can be done to stop policies already in motion, […]