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Fergus Finlay

Don’t be swayed by Michael McDowell’s scare tactics

SO, if we had passed Michael McDowell’s referendum, we’d have stopped the little baby Chen from becoming an Irish citizen?

Tue, 25 May, 2004

Whistleblower and Charlie Bird doing the bank regulator’s job

IN a previous incarnation, I worked briefly with AIB’s managing director in Ireland, Donal Forde. He’s the man who has been taking the public flak over the latest AIB fiasco, the accidental ripping-off of their foreign exchange customers.

Tue, 18 May, 2004

We can’t undo the torture — but we can turn away its perpetrators

SO do you think we should welcome President Bush to Ireland in June?

Tue, 11 May, 2004

It was a great day — but we’re still being betrayed by this Government

THE best team at home and abroad. That was the Fianna Fáil slogan in 1989, the last time a European election was combined with an election at home — on that occasion a general election.

Tue, 04 May, 2004

The only mortal sin in FF is leaving Bertie alone with a smoking gun

IF the Brian Curtin fiasco had happened while Nora Owen was minister for justice, how do you think Fianna Fáil in opposition would have reacted? You know full well. They would have been baying for her blood.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2004

FF’s lowest tactic yet: spreading fear and confusion on immigration

SO. This referendum on citizenship. Its only purpose is to bring us into line with every other European country, right?

Tue, 20 Apr, 2004

Martin clears the air, but the sick and elderly still feel coalition chill

THE Minister for Health has given us a smoking ban. The Tánaiste wants to look after elderly people.

Tue, 30 Mar, 2004

We might never defeat terrorism but we can cut out its causes

IN 1989 Francis Fukuyama, who was then working for the US State Department, wrote a long essay called The end of History.

Tue, 16 Mar, 2004

Árd Fheis heaped promises on top of the ones FF have already broken

NEVER in the history of mankind has so little been learned about so much by so many. The Fianna Fáil Árd Fheis was like a sort of Pinocchio-fest.

Tue, 09 Mar, 2004

Gerry Adams should have won an Oscar for his lifetime of denials

I START this morning by offering the mightiest congratulations to Adi Roche. Let’s hope that the Oscar-winning documentary about the Chernobyl Children’s Project wins thousands more converts to the cause to which she has dedicated her life and talent.

Tue, 02 Mar, 2004