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Fergus Finlay: Ingenuity required to deliver political myths and mantras

A political myth, although generally false, requires a grain of truth but a mantra needs so much repetition to be assumed a fact, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 21 Jul, 2020

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Fergus Finlay: You will have to be your own man to be the children's minister

When I heard Roderic O’Gorman was the new children’s minister, I thought, ‘Who is he?’, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 14 Jul, 2020

Fergus Finlay: We should celebrate the real patriots at this time

Fergus Finlay: We should celebrate the real patriots at this time

I agree with the proposition that if a friend dies, it’s the right thing to do, assuming you can, to go to that friend’s funeral and honour him or her.

Tue, 07 Jul, 2020

Fergus Finlay: New Irish Government will face many political challenges

Fergus Finlay: New Irish Government will face many political challenges

This is going to make for one of the most complicated relationships in our political history, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 30 Jun, 2020

Fergus Finlay: Jean Kennedy Smith, a friend to Ireland who left an enduring legacy

Fergus Finlay: Jean Kennedy Smith, a friend to Ireland who left an enduring legacy

Jean Kennedy Smith was instrumental, and significantly so, in the first IRA ceasefire, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 23 Jun, 2020

Fergus Finlay: These three men will have to be wise to make a government work

Fergus Finlay: These three men will have to be wise to make a government work

It will be a considerable achievement if they can get on with each other enough to get the job done, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 16 Jun, 2020

Fergus Finlay: We didn't come through a pandemic just to see more people suffer

Fergus Finlay: We didn't come through a pandemic just to see more people suffer

Some of us wouldn’t have survived without the support of others, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 09 Jun, 2020

Fergus Finlay: Miles to go, gaps to close, but here’s to a happy birthday twin sister

Fergus Finlay: Miles to go, gaps to close, but here’s to a happy birthday twin sister

My father had seven sons. None of his sons, except me, reached 70, writes Fergus Finlay You can’t get to 70 without discovering a few things about yourself.

Tue, 02 Jun, 2020

Fergus Finlay: Nursing home sector was utterly unprepared to deal with pandemic

Fergus Finlay: Nursing home sector was utterly unprepared to deal with pandemic

Many of the people who died in the pandemic were those in nursing homes who utterly needed our care and protection, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Fergus Finlay: Trump to force Biden on defensive with strategy of scattershot lies

Fergus Finlay: Trump to force Biden on defensive with strategy of scattershot lies

There's an internet adage called Godwin’s law.

Tue, 19 May, 2020