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Whatever the outcome of today’s general election, it’ll be good for democracy because for once we’ll have had a proper contest in which pundits and public alike really have no idea who will form the next government.
For a long time, the question wasn’t ‘if’ Fianna Fáil got into government, but rather how large their majority [...]
Two new polls have both shown a rise in support for Fine Gael and a drop for Fianna Fáil.
The Sunday Business Post’s Red C poll shows Fianna Fáil down one point to 35%, with Fine Gael up four to 27%. Labour are down one to 11%, the PDs unchanged at 3%, the Greens up one [...]
Tomorrow’s Red C/Sunday Business Post poll shows a fall in support for Bertie Ahern’s Fianna Fáil party and Enda Kenny’s Fine Gael by two percentage points each to 33% and 25% respectively. However, the two parties’ most likely respective coalition partners should either of them form a government, the Progressive Democrats and Labour, have both [...]
Following Mary Harney’s resignation as Leader of junior coalition partner the Progressive Democrats, speculation has grown that the next leader would be either Justice Minister Michael McDowell, Liz O’Donnell or Tom Parlon. O’Donnell is probably best known for her role in the northern peace process, and Parlon claimed to have strong support on account of [...]
Over the years, many people have dedicated (and in some cases lost) their lives for the cause of Irish reunification. In light of this, my own site El Blogador is launching its inaugural award for outstanding contribution to nationalism in Ireland.
We want you to nominate someone (or several people) whom you think has made an [...]
I had to laugh when I saw this, although I’m quite sure it isn’t funny for nationalist people living in areas with a policing vacuum [in the north].
An Garda is currently recruiting people for its new reserve force. So far 3,200 applications have been received for the force.
However, Sinn Féin’s Aengus Ó Snodaigh is not [...]
The latest Sunday Business Post/RED C poll shows that the gap between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael remains steady. FF support increased by one percentage point from 34 to 35%, while Fine Gael has increased its recent gains by registering a 27% share of the first preference vote, one percentage point higher than June 2006.
However, [...]
Adapted from El Blogador
I have been using the blogosphere in recent months to highlight the treacherous pretence being perpetuated by the provos that the IRA is the army of Ireland. It isn’t- the Irish Defence Forces of the legally constituted Republic of Ireland represent the only Irish Army- they are the only Óglaigh na hÉireann, [...]
The year 2005 was supposed to be one of celebration for Provisional Sinn Féin. The party was intending to mark its centenary on the basis of a claim on direct lineage from Arthur Griffith’s Sinn Féin of 1905 (an organisation which practically every other party in the south could also claim a link to). Unfortunately [...]
A second Irish referendum? Eurocrats have a better idea
Dan Hannan at the Telegraph reckons the plan in Brussles is not for a second referendum but instead to parachute in sections of the Lisbon Treaty via legislation.
"Are Americans and Europeans simply more compassionate than Asians?" asks Ian Buruma. Asking why it is that Chinese and Malaysian warships are not sitting of the Burmese coast with food. Thought provoking? Or a bit prejudiced?
Jurge Habermas once argued that the EU could provide a model for a new constellation of democratic politics allowing for transcendence of national partisanship. Now he is not so sure - the EU response to Lisbon is tending towards authoritarianism
Did the Commission Lie About its Own Poll?
Openeurope asks whether the commission engaged in a little bit of number fudging in the run up to its poll being released. If it didn’t I am thinking that political leaking took place from elsewhere in the system.
but it will smell awful
