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  • Ireland’s response: indolence or insurrection?

    November 3, 2010 @ 10:30 am | by Harry McGee

    What was fascinating about Louise Minihan’s brazen, hollw and  self-serving stunt against Mary Harney earlier this week was the infrequency of the impolite protest.

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  • Jim McDaid’s resignation

    November 2, 2010 @ 11:26 am | by Harry McGee

    Jim McDaid has been semi-detached from Fianna Fail for a long time. All resignations are surprising but given McDaid’s idiosyncratic reputation as a politician, some resignations are less surprising than others. When I heard the news this morning, the facial movement was an eyebrow arching upwards rather than a jaw dropping floorwards. (more…)

  • JFK Speechwriter Sorensen Dies

    October 31, 2010 @ 8:50 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    Ted Sorensen, famous as a speechwriter and adviser to the late John F. Kennedy has died. Click here

  • Desert Island TDs

    @ 2:37 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    David Cameron and Nick Clegg were both on the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs recently, playing their musical choices for a Robinson Crusoe scenario. For more information click here

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  • A journey into the labyrinth

    October 28, 2010 @ 7:41 pm | by Harry McGee

    One of my favourite little shorthand sayings – often recycled by me  – is former US defence secretary Robert McNamara’s ‘fog of war’. He said the fog of war explained the phenonenon whena largescale military action began. It was so complicated that it was beyond the scope of human comprehension. (more…)

  • Hold Onto Your Hat

    October 26, 2010 @ 9:00 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    So now we know: Eur 15bn over four years. Hold onto your hat: it’s gonna be quite a rollercoaster ride. It seems to me that if, somehow or other, the Government can avoid abrogating the Croke Park Agreement, then we won’t become France Mark II. But is that possible under current policies and whilst maintaining the 2014 deadline?

  • The Case of Roger Casement

    October 22, 2010 @ 5:09 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature turns his attention to our very own Roger Casement: the results should be interesting. Click here for more information.

  • Political Correctness

    October 21, 2010 @ 6:25 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    Is political correctness gone too far? This thought is inspired by the fate of US broadcaster Juan Williams: was he just being honest and reflecting the feelings that a lot of people would have in similar circumstances, or was he making a prejudicial remark? Click here

  • Background to Consensus

    @ 1:16 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    Herewith the full version of a piece I wrote for today’s print edition on the background to
    the Government’s initiative on all-party consensus. Due to pressure on space and the fact that the talks process appeared to collapse, the piece that got into print was considerably shorter than what you have here, but I think it might still be of some interest:-  (more…)

  • Verse and Worse

    October 20, 2010 @ 8:17 pm | by Deaglán de Bréadún

    Consensus?
    Why don’t we come to our senses?
    That’s what Fianna Fáil are saying
    ‘Cos down on their knees they are praying.
    But for what?
    The future of every tiny tot
    Or just their own place in the top spot?


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