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    Undaunted austerity fighter

    Frank Connolly interviews Mick Wallace When Mick Wallace raised some uncomfortable questions in the Dáil last October about the sale of Siteserv to Denis O’Brien and the role of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) in the deal, he was roundly abused by government ministers, including his constituency rival, Brendan Howlin. Phone calls were made […]

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    Finally, some nuance comes to NI

    By Anton McCabe The UK General Election in the North saw the stalling of the Sinn Féin juggernaut. Its share of the vote fell by 1% compared to the last election – despite fighting an extra seat, South Belfast. This was the party’s first electoral setback in the North since 1992, when Gerry Adams lost […]

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    Fine Gael may run

    By Frank Connolly Rumours and predictions of an Autumn election have been spreading like summer gorse fire over recent weeks with reports that Fine Gael is preparing its national advertising campaign for a run to the country soon after the October budget. A number of factors could point to a November campaign including the opinion […]

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    Wick-lowdown

    By Frank Connolly Environment minister, Alan Kelly, has told the Dáil that he is still grappling with the series of controversies that have beset Wicklow County Council in recent years which threaten to expose deeply questionable relations between elected officials and councillors and one-time masters of the universe, Sean Mulryan and Sean Dunne. Village understands […]

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    Greywash

    Despite recent showy dawn raids, CRH is more than a match for the under-powered Competition Commission. By Seamus Maye

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