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Fergus Finlay

West Cork initiative could see rural Ireland bloom like its hedgerows

West Cork initiative could see rural Ireland bloom like its hedgerows

There are signs now though that rural Ireland has lots of fight in it yet, writes Fergus Finlay.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2016

Hot air and kites fill summer sky as politicos prepare ground assaults

Hot air and kites fill summer sky as politicos prepare ground assaults

You can expect a raft of of articles on how dreadful it is that ministers need advisors to do their jobs, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 26 Jul, 2016

We’re witnessing signs pointing to a massive global failure of politics

We’re witnessing signs pointing to a massive global failure of politics

In the face of rampant extremism, social democracy, it seems, has nothing to say, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 19 Jul, 2016

Wise old owls are wide-eyed as government starts to self destruct

Wise old owls are wide-eyed as government starts to self destruct

It’s hard to imagine anything more destabilising of the government than a heave against the leader, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 12 Jul, 2016

Barbaric hare coursing is not a blood sport, it’s a blood industry

Barbaric hare coursing is not a blood sport, it’s a blood industry

We really can’t pretend that hare coursing is about some notion of rural living and culture, writes Fergus Finlay.

Tue, 05 Jul, 2016

We have to begin rebuilding a politics of equality or we’re goosed

We have to begin rebuilding a politics of equality or we’re goosed

The party Boris Johnson will lead will not just be hopelessly divided, it will have no real mandate, in a country that is itself torn down the middle, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 28 Jun, 2016

Wake up world — it’s time to fight back against politics of hate and fear

Wake up world — it’s time to fight back against politics of hate and fear

There is a fundamental difference between understanding fear, and stoking it for political motives, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 21 Jun, 2016

Time stands still as a major milestone is marked by old age

Time stands still as a major milestone is marked by old age

Now that I’m old (and vulnerable) my state wants to keep me safe while they’re giving me stuff, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 14 Jun, 2016

Don’t give Trump a platform — wound him with your silence

Don’t give Trump a platform — wound him with your silence

Abraham Lincoln wouldn’t recognise the Republican Party today, write Fergus Finlay 

Tue, 07 Jun, 2016

Better pay for recruits would help morale and reform in the gardaí

Better pay for recruits would help morale and reform in the gardaí

A government interested in morale and reform would enable the Garda Commissioner right now to abolish the bottom two points of the Haddington Road pay scale for junior gardaí, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 31 May, 2016