A government in office but not in power attracts disastrous outcomes
With typical hype, the pendulum of lazy journalism and that class of corridor-prowlers who feed regular doses of nonsense to silly journalists has swung into action yet again. This time, we are told, that Angela Merkel is “now the leader of the free world”. Assuming that Ireland still remains part of “the free world”, is […]
Time for the West to atone for the damage it has caused in Syria
As the siege of Aleppo enters its final stages, and the reins of power in Washington are transferred to Trump, it is very likely that the Syrian conflict will result in Bashar Al Assad remaining President of the Syrian state under some negotiated “peace” deal at some point in the future. Western opinion has not […]
Mary Robinson’s Presidential Library and her legacy
Is this Groundhog Day for the “new politics”? Today’s Sunday Business Post Red-C poll confirms my thesis that Irish politics have become stuck in a depressing rut of under-performance and futility. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil each enjoy the support of just a quarter of the jaded, cynical electorate. Neither of them has any fundamental […]
Growing worldwide alienation must be factored into the election of Trump
When the dust settles over the election of Donald Trump and the furore dies down somewhat, those, like me, who spoke and wrote against his candidacy will have to examine the factors that lie behind his success. There is no single, simple explanation. I wrote here in the last few months about some of the […]
A veto on judicial appointments is wrong and constitutionally questionable
There is something wrong and ridiculous about the apparent state of paralysis at the level of Government in relation to the appointment of new judges. Sources close to Minister Shane Ross are informing the media that Shane has an “absolute” agreement and a “cast-iron” undertaking that no new judges will be appointed unless and until […]
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