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As if to prove having a hissy fit and threatening to leave politics works, Sean Haughey has been appointed Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science. Update: Funnily enough, Adam posted the same thing at the same time.

Hardly a surprise, but Sean Haughey has been confirmed as the next Minister of State in the Department of Education, replacing Sile de Valera, who announced her resignation in October and ended her tenure in the role on Friday. As RTÉ News mentions, Sean Haughey threw a very public tantrum in February when he was [...]

Síle de Valera has confirmed what she first said last February, that she will step down as junior minister for education in December. Thus Bertie’s clumsy attempt to ease her out sooner eventually bears fruit, though perhaps not soon enough to give someone else a shot at a higher constituency profile with the job. Any [...]

Edit: It is starting now. Go to Oireachtas.ie to watch it. The Dail returns today—an issue which itself was sidelined was the thirteen-week holiday that has just passed for our legislators—at 2:30. The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, fresh from last night’s interview and in the face of increasing digging around the “12 Apostles” and a very [...]

Originally posted at Wagging the Dog. Following the last Boundary Review, several constituencies were redrawn or lost seats. Dublin North Central was one of those dropped from four seats to three. With two sitting Fianna Fáil TDs, one Fine Gael TD and an Independent, it’s not quite representative of Dublin as a whole (missing, as [...]

Ah Finian McGrath not content with just making an ass of himself singing on TV. Now seemingly he is a fan of Fidel Castro and wants him to come to Ireland on a state visit.