Category: Irish Politics

There can only be two reasons for this, either the person involved is incompetent and therefore should lose his job or it was a deliberate act and therefore he will be prosecuted. This was the angry reaction of a federal investigator after it was revealed that some documents had been shredded by an employee of…

I see the PDs are at it again. Mary Harney, (The minister for stopping enquiries) has announced that the Dunne enquiry into post-mortem practices in hospitals is to cease in less than six weeks time whether the final report is ready or not. The scandal involves the taking of children’s organs without permission and selling…

Several people were arrested in Douglas, Passage West and Farran earlier today though this RTE report fails to mention that. A substantial sum of money was also found. I have little doubt it is related to the Northern Bank robbery in Belfast. One of those arrested is believed to have direct connections with Sinn Fein.…

An article by Leslie Mallory in yesterday’s Sunday Independent talks about planning corruption in Spain. The general tone of the article is ‘If you think things are bad in Ireland, take a look at Spain.’ In other words Spain has a greater problem with corruption than Ireland. The article spoke of local politicians appearing in…

The Progressive Democrats, once the bright shining light in the murky and corrupt world of Irish politics. The only party that had principles and actually stood by them. The party that stood up to Haughey’s rotten Fianna Fail. The party with the passionate rallying call, “We are either radical or redundant”. Well, they certainly aren’t…

Did anyone catch Questions and Answers tonight? The McGuinness vs Durkan, O’Dea bout was pretty interesting. Am I the only one that feels that the Sinn Fein itself is imploding? I have never seen McGuinness so much on the defensive, and so much under attack. He seems like he may be buckling under the pressure.…

The BBC is reporting on a new report by the Economist, which concludes that Ireland is the best place to live in the world. The top ten are : 1 Ireland 2 Switzerland 3 Norway 4 Luxembourg 5 Sweden 6 Australia 7 Iceland 8 Italy 9 Denmark 10 Spain The UK is ranked 29th, while…

Thanks to Twenty Major and Rob for this one: a movie depicting the new Irish cabinet – hilarious.

A new blog, Twenty Major, with a funny list of things that would make Irish politics more interesting, including: 2 – Money could be raised for charity if Irish people pledged donations for every minute that Brian Cowen spoke without spitting and drooling. 7 – Televise Dail Eireann but sell advertising space and make Jackie…