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Friday’s Irish Times reports on a potential hurdle in coalition formation that while not fatal, will deal a blow to the credibility of several of the independent TDs if/when a dodge is found around it. The issue is that some of them signed a pledge not to participate in any government that allowed the Shannon [...]

“…we’ll always have Berlin. Here’s looking at you, die Kanzlerin.”

Update: America gets involved and the same day we get a press release how predictable. US air strikes in Somalia will escalate conflict, says Green Party. A Four year old is killed by Americans and John Gormley comes out and condemns it. 1000 people killed by Africans and he is at the sales. But of [...]

Word has reached me—not entirely confident about the source—that RTE have bought the rights to show Loose Change, the show about 9/11 being a government conspiracy, etc., etc. It will be interesting to see if the program discusses the reality behind some of the claims. Anyway, it might give Morgan Stack who we interviewed here [...]

Giving in to terrorism seems to be the mantra down in Green Central: Deputy Gormley said, “Security experts agree that this latest terror threat is ominous and should be taken very seriously. Stepping up security to the required level could prove to be extremely expensive and, as we know from the London bombings, does not [...]

I finally get a spare twenty minutes to do a post and it’s way too late to comment on the government’s recent flip in the polls. Well tough, I’m going to do it anyway. It’s hardly a new idea but I am willing to wager that at least some of the recent good numbers for [...]

You know, it is not often we get to talk about Socialist Party policies here. I think that this may be the first post on the site about the party, but we do include their feed in the Party News section. But then, they have control of Indymedia so does it matter that much?

In amongst the Bertiegate, there are two pieces which have caught my eye, if only for the glamour of the subject content, relating to foreign policy. The first is the announcement by An Taoiseach that the country is about to donate E70 Million to an ongoing effort by the Clinton Foundation to battle HIV/Aids. E60 [...]

Despite what many people think and probably myself include Ireland being not Neutral would make sod all difference in the World. We are never going to have a high tech military and trying to create a force that could slot into another larger force would probably be more of a hindrance then a help. Ireland [...]

Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, Labour’s Cllr. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and vocal Anti-War campaigner. Who blogs here answers some questions for Irish Election. Just like to thank Aodhán for his replies. In your speech at the Jeb Bush protest you said that “Dublin is a major international capital and so its civic leaders have a [...]

Politics in this country is at most times selfish. We are increasingly driven by greed and that is not necessarily a good thing. Now I know many of ye are going finally after all this time Simon has renounced his evil low tax ways and joined the shiny happy world of Socialism That I am [...]

While other nations hire ferries, move aircraft carriers and warships, or wait to see how the situation in the Middle East develops the Irish government did something amazing. They hired a couple of buses and drove the Irish citizens trapped in the Lebanon out of the country.

We spend a lot of time cataloging the difference of policy that often occurs between Labour and Fine Gael, well there is good news for supporters of the opposition as they seems to be reading from the same hymn-sheet over the war taking place in Lebanon and Palestine.

There will be an election within the year. People who claim knowledge of these things say it will most likely take place around next Easter. Lots of bloggers have been commenting on the political parties’ maneuverings as they try to position themselves. I’ve never been that interested in that side of things- polls, photo ops, [...]