Politics
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“Should I Stay or Should I Go?” – so sang The Clash in their classic hit of the 1980s. According to two contributors to the December edition of Village, it is a question being asked by many members of City and County Councils, particularly in the Dublin area. In the December issue, former Councillor Mick […]
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Our Thatcherite in Europe
One thing you can’t fault Charlie McCreevy for is his consistency. The palpitations in the world economy might have exposed his allergy to financial regulation as reckless, yet McCreevy’s faith in unfettered capitalism remains undimmed. Since taking up his post as the EU’s single market commissioner in 2004, McCreevy has repeatedly recited the mantra ‘less […]
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Time to break the political mould
Progressive political forces and parties must ally electorally to offer a real alternative at the next election, says Peadar Kirby
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Lessons from Dell
The loss of almost 2,000 jobs at Dell’s Limerick plant was a body-blow to the city as the recession started to bite
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Reflections on Tony Gregory
Maureen O’Sullivan succeeded to Tony Gregory’s seat on Dublin City Council after his death in January 2009. Here, his long term political colleague offers reflections on Gregory’s life and career.
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“The people who got us into this mess in the first place are not the people to get us out of it”. [David McWilliams, Irish Independent, 19 November 2008] This is the most pertinent advice from any journalist since the simmering economic crisis boiled over. In general, however, a crushing absence of credibility infuses Ireland’s […]
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Declan Ganley, snakeoil salesman
The honeymoon is over for Declan Ganley and brand “Libertas”. But the brand‘s keeper, having being carried grinning over the publicity threshold by the sycophantic initial media coverage, is none too happy about it. In fact he seems to be verging on a paranoia which is shared, for example, by one of the latest “successful […]