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Alison O'Connor

Columnist

It’s fair to implement gender quotas and get the balance right

I’m in the mood for quotas — the kind that involve one in every two human beings on the planet getting a fair crack of the whip and having their opinions and talents aired, by Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 13 Nov, 2015

Labour needs all the help it can get ahead of the general election

Labour is also losing three of its most experienced members, three former leaders in fact, writes Alison O’Riordan

Fri, 06 Nov, 2015

Glasses will be raised to Denis at the Four Courts this Christmas

MONEY can’t buy you happiness — that’s the phrase that keeps coming to mind when I think of Denis O’Brien. What an annus horribilis 2015 has been for the billionaire.

Fri, 30 Oct, 2015

Sinn Féin are too hot to handle for potential coalition partners seeking power

The truth is no matter how the numbers stack up after polling day entering into a coaltion with Sinn Féin would be a disastrous move, writes Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 23 Oct, 2015

We need to tackle sweet tooth or we’ll end up paying a heavy price

It’s time for national obesity strategy given that this is now the most prevalent disease in Ireland, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 16 Oct, 2015

Government should defuse voters’ anger before the election is called

Those on the ‘inside’ remain protected while the ordinary Joe inevitably picks up the bill, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 09 Oct, 2015

FG should be shown the door for abysmal failure to reform health

On the basis of the abysmal failure to radically reform our health service, as so faithfully promised in 2011, Fine Gael deserve not to be re-elected to Government, says Alison O’Connor.

Fri, 02 Oct, 2015

Will the improving economy absolve the Government of its ‘sins’?

If I were in charge of the re-election effort, I think I’d draft in the assistance of a good psychologist, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 25 Sep, 2015

Government may be re-elected if they go to the polls in November

If Kenny waits until March he leaves too much time for something to go badly wrong, and not enough time to fix it, writes Alison O’Connor

Fri, 18 Sep, 2015

More inspirational TDs please as 32nd Dáil looms on the horizon

We need more of the big thinkers and those who are ambitious for us as a society, and not afraid to float ideasm, writes Alison O’Connor 

Fri, 11 Sep, 2015