Living in rural locations should be a feasible choice
If you look at large-scale maps of Ireland 100 years ago, you will see little black rectangles representing homes occupied by rural dwellers scattered across the landscape in varying degrees of concentration. The population was not as concentrated geographically or as urbanised then as it is today. Of course, that reflects a very different society, […]
Where was the ‘parity of esteem’ talk when Fine Gael was riding high in the polls?
A novel feature of the post-election political landscape is that the new government’s life will coincide very closely with the five-year cycle for the local and European Parliament elections. This probably means that there will be few opportunities for voters to express their views or for new names to prove themselves on the political stage before the next general election which […]