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The pundits were DUPed
The DUP is no closer to the backwoods on corruption, abortion, or LGBT rights, than Fianna Fáil was a decade ago, or the SDLP are now.
fianna fail
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A Gaelscoil is under inexplicable pressure to move from an ideal site in Wicklow to an overpriced, small, and awkward site in Rathnew.
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More agricultural than environmental.
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‘From Bended knee to a New Republic: How the fight for water is changing Ireland’ by Brendan Ogle, promises in its opening pages to take us on a journey “through the travails of a nation broken, sold and left in penury”. Ogle, unlike the many politicians and political parties he describes, fulfils this promise. The book […]
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The recent General Election was a very good one for Sinn Féin. We increased our number of TDs from 14 to 23. That’s a 65% increase – a success by any standards. Importantly, Sinn Féin also further increased the geographical spread of the party. There are now very few regions in the State in which […]
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The general election was tedious and it’s not really clear what message it purveys. The electorate seemed jaded and the politicians delivered no memorable new policies, apart from Renua’s utterly regressive at tax proposal. Village believes that elections should be all about ideas, ideology, policy (and how best to implement them). In these terms the […]
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The most extraordinary coalition formed in Ireland was the first one, in 1948. It involved Fine Gael and a then-new party headed by Sean McBride, Clann na Poblachta. The Clann was a lively mixture of liberals, left-wingers and Republicans with a deep immersion in the IRA. The surprise with the Clann was that its youthful enthusiasm […]
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Bertie Ahern topped the Village web poll of who was most responsible for the recession, beating Brian Cowen, George W Bush and “people like you”. He got 58% of the vote.
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Time for a real, radical alliance
Once again, Labour has been panicked into its historic role as lifesaver of the Blueshirts