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Collins feels the heat after solid hurling from the Ditch

World of Politics with Harry McGee The Ditch is an unusual creature on the Irish media landscape. It’s an investig...

How three seismic events play out in political world

World of Politics with Harry McGee Eaten bread is soon forgotten – and so are political ‘events’, whether they are...

Extra Euro seat offers chance to redraw the constituencies

World of Politics with Harry McGee In the early days of the European Economic Community, Ireland had 22 MEPs. When...

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Trump in Presidential spotlight – but for all the wrong reasons

World of Politics with Harry McGee Three US presidents are featured in the news cycle this week, one of them for very different reasons. The fir...

Government is no place to rebuild political profile

World of Politics with Harry McGee For a period of 30 years between 1981 and 2016 – with a small break in the eighties – Labour held a seat in G...

Opposition waits to see effect of fall-out to end of eviction ban

World of Politics with Harry McGee An Opposition party is a bit like an invading army trying to surmount the defences of a seemingly impregnable...

Those political swings often lead to a tumble

World of Politics with Harry McGee The last local elections in May 2019 were dominated by the story of a big swing; nothing to do with the votin...

Sinn Féin gets one shot at changing political narrative

World of Politics with Harry McGee In 1980s Galway, we teenagers thought we were different as we listened to U2, wore Smiths badges on our lapel...

Take polls with a pinch of salt but don’t ignore them

World of Politics with Harry McGee Opinion polls are like popcorn; nothing really too substantial or nutritious in there, but you can’t help dev...


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Collins feels the heat after solid hurling from the Ditch
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