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Alison O'Connor
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With a public flogging like this, why do women bother with politics?
With a public flogging like this, why do women bother with politics?

I don’t think there’s a single article that has ever been written about a male politician in the same vein, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 28 Oct, 2016

Jockeying for position in leadership race even before Kenny signals exit
Jockeying for position in leadership race even before Kenny signals exit

Leo may not get the job for being too interesting and Simon may not get it for not being interesting enough, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 21 Oct, 2016

Only reason Trump is still in race for presidency is because he’s male
Only reason Trump is still in race for presidency is because he’s male

Trump could be a baboon and he would still be in the race, just as long as he was a baboon with a penis, Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2016

Budget 2017: Heavy dollop of pragmatism saw three-parent budget succeed
Budget 2017: Heavy dollop of pragmatism saw three-parent budget succeed
JUST weeks after the first baby was born using a “three-parent” technique in Mexico we’ve managed the almost similarly amazing feat of the three-parent budget here.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2016

Bruised electorate reeling from a total lack of Fine Gael leadership
Bruised electorate reeling from a total lack of Fine Gael leadership
There is an alarming militancy in the growing threats of strikes and industrial action, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2016

Burgeoning Repeal movement must allow for dissenting voices
Burgeoning Repeal movement must allow for dissenting voices
Immensely brave women such as Roisín Ingle and Tara Flynn put on the public record the fact of their own abortions. That lifted the lid in a way nothing else could have done, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2016

Hillary must be at top of her game in the run-in, or it’s President Trump
Hillary must be at top of her game in the run-in, or it’s President Trump

The clock is ticking all to quickly towards polling day and the first presidential debate with Trump is on Monday, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 23 Sep, 2016

Hardy, perennial Enda Kenny continuing to bloom even as his rivals wilt
Hardy, perennial Enda Kenny continuing to bloom even as his rivals wilt

A safe enough gambit is that Enda Kenny’s ego is telling him he is the only man for the job, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 16 Sep, 2016

Our levels of shock are inversely proportionate to number of murders
Our levels of shock are inversely proportionate to number of murders

Trevor O’Neill was murdered, shot when he was doing something that an ordinary father would do, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 09 Sep, 2016

The core issue of Apple’s ‘unpaid’ €13bn is our love of the tax deal
The core issue of Apple’s ‘unpaid’ €13bn is our love of the tax deal

As Prof Joseph Stiglitz said, the State knew what it was doing in agreeing Apple tax deals, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 02 Sep, 2016

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