John le Carré spent most of his career exploring the British psyche through the lens of its secret service. You’d think he might have mentioned Ireland once or twice.
Frank Connolly
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The Attorney-General, Séamus Woulfe, failed to disclose a “false” and “misleading” order made by the former Manager of Wicklow County Council (WCC) when he compiled a report for the Government on the controversial compulsory purchase of lands in 2013. Woulfe, who was a senior counsel at the time and a prominent member of Fine Gael, was asked by then […]
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Sean Mulryan, moaning
The Kildare developer complains about the planning system which generated him hundreds millions of euro, entry into NAMA, and controversy.
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As former Wicklow county manager Eddie Sheehy moves to retirement, two judgments question his competence, while a third exonerates him from corruption.
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As a younger, and perhaps wiser, Leo Varadkar once said: there is no messiah who will lead Fine Gael from the desert into the promised land. This did not prevent him from presenting a decidedly messianic image as he posed for the cameras following his decisive victory in the party’s leadership contest on 2 June. Since then […]
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Villager: Frank Dunlop
Disgraced former FF press officer comes up for sentencing.
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No fewer than 9 Lowrys, celebrity lookalikes, and a host of notable characters come out to stand for this year’s ballot
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Cuts should not hurt the weakest
How can a tax on the pension of a public sector worker earning just €15,000 be justified when the government plans to inject €8 billion and perhaps as up to €15 billion into the major banks without any idea of the scale of their toxic debt from bad property loans?