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Casey scrapes bottom of the barrel being bottom in race to Áras
Casey scrapes bottom of the barrel being bottom in race to Áras

HADN’T anticipated taking much comfort from this tepid shower of a presidential campaign but that’s what has happened. Peter Casey is the man responsible for it, writes Alison O’Connor. 

Fri, 19 Oct, 2018

Mind your language: Words really matter in the world of politics
Mind your language: Words really matter in the world of politics

Alison O’Connor argues that Simon Coveney, through his words, is pointing the blame for homelessness not towards him or his Cabinet colleagues but to ‘the State’ — to all of us.

Fri, 12 Oct, 2018

A little bit of boom keeps us caught in the old cycle
A little bit of boom keeps us caught in the old cycle

OUR budgets are nothing like they used to be. We have much to be thankful for in that. But, like an addict that keeps putting off full sobriety until tomorrow, we remain somewhat in la la land if we think we’re fully paid up members of the fiscal reality club.

Wed, 10 Oct, 2018

Questions need to be asked of journalists’ love-in with Michael D
Questions need to be asked of journalists’ love-in with Michael D

Journalists should remember that it’s part of the job to treat everyone equally in this campaign, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 05 Oct, 2018

Eoghan Murphy in firing line for Government’s failure on housing
Eoghan Murphy in firing line for Government’s failure on housing

Promises, promises. It the sense of déjà vu that does it really. 

Fri, 28 Sep, 2018

Mary Lou wants to be a modern leader but is hobbled by the past
Mary Lou wants to be a modern leader but is hobbled by the past

It was the day after the first RTÉ Claire Byrne debate on the abortion referendum, which had turned into a shouting match: The anti-abortion side had hijacked the programme.

Fri, 21 Sep, 2018

Plain-speaking Dr Scally is just the man for our ailing health system
Plain-speaking Dr Scally is just the man for our ailing health system

Dr Scally has produced a report that sets a standard. It is most unIrish in that it does not obfuscate, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 14 Sep, 2018

Leo finally wants to roar and win his own general election mandate
Leo finally wants to roar and win his own general election mandate

THE manouvere that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pulled on Fianna Fáil this week was straight out of the latter’s own playbook on how to treat your political enemies, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 07 Sep, 2018

Everything is basically as it was before the Pope arrived here
Everything is basically as it was before the Pope arrived here

Pope Francis came and he went. In terms of the past sins visited on the Irish population by the Catholic Church, not a lot of difference was made.

Fri, 31 Aug, 2018

Just imagine if the Pope stood in Phoenix Park and told the truth
Just imagine if the Pope stood in Phoenix Park and told the truth

Who is in charge of the Catholic Church? asks Alison O’Connor. 

Fri, 24 Aug, 2018

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