Fianna Fáil ploughs more modest furrow on its way back to the top
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For the anoraks, September is essentially the political version of football’s pre-season friendlies, as all the parties have their pre-Dáil away days – or think-ins as they...
Garda boss was on back foot from the very start
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If you’re explaining you’re losing, said Karl Rove, the Republican strategist, who was special adviser to George W Bush – and Nóirín O’Sullivan seemed to spend much...
History shows hurlers shine in times of economic strife!
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It may seem churlish to even mention this in a week that has seen Galway embrace the unadulterated joy of bringing Liam McCarthy back across the Shannon...
Brexit isn’t a sexy story – but it’s so crucial to all our futures
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A rule of thumb of politics is that the most important issues often tend to be the ones that are just too hard to explain without bring people beyond...
Election will shuffle deck – but it won’t produce a clear winner
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If you listen very closely, you can hear distant drums. The warriors have been roused from sleep and have begun ululating and have started the war dance...
Leo will do fine as Taoiseach – but he may not see second term
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The fine art of political prediction is a skill some of us utilise almost every day – and we get it wrong about as often as a person who always calling black...