Discouraging clientelism
We don’t discuss the topic of electoral reform here on Irish Election, so I thought I’d throw out some crazy ideas I’ve had on how we can reform the process to fix some of the endemic problems in our system of government.
On the incomprehensibility of the Lisbon Treaty
I’m one of those people who hasn’t quite decided which way they’re going to vote on in the referendum. This is because I haven’t got around to reading all of the text I’m voting on yet. However, there’s one incredibly stupid argument the no camp is bandying about right now. It’s an argument that does [...]
Make sure you’re registered to vote!
Fianna Fail have put up a site called RegisterToVote.ie which gives information about registering to vote and links to county and city council pages where you can check if you’re on the register. Not all the councils provide the page though, which is something of a pity.
Ignore that. “Keith” (not me, obviously) mentions another less [...]
Underscoring Our Culture of Unaccountability
I thought I’d wrap up the coverage of Bertiegate here with a rather interesting item I stumbled across on the RTÉ news site earlier today: Swedish minister resigns over TV licence fee.
