Columns - Irish Examiner

Fergus Finlay

Freedom’s just another word to the elite who ruined our republic

Ernest Blythe was the Fine Gael (or Cumann na nGael) Minister for Finance in 1923.

Tue, 14 Dec, 2010

Children and poor will be hit hard and it’s all in the national interest

SO, Budget Day.

Tue, 07 Dec, 2010

Only the President can ensure we properly debate the state of the nation

DEAR President,

Tue, 30 Nov, 2010

All together now — let’s give them the silent treatment on budget day

CAN I make a modest suggestion.

Tue, 23 Nov, 2010

I’ll be marching for a new republic and I hope you’ll be in step with me

DEAR David and Jack, I hope you don’t mind if I take the liberty of writing you an open letter.

Tue, 16 Nov, 2010

The Big Cheeses always ask Little Cheeses to take the deepest cuts

FLEETS of limousines rolling into Farmleigh to discuss other people’s hardship. Gated communities for failed developers. Huge pension funds for disgraced bankers. New phrases we all have to learn because we think they’ll tell us something about our fate – phrases like bond markets or bond spreads. And hard cheese for poor people.

Tue, 09 Nov, 2010

There’s one group of citizens who are determined to find a better way

OUR future may be slipping away from us.

Tue, 02 Nov, 2010

Any post-budget protest must not tarnish the cause we aim to serve

IT is being widely rumoured that the Government is preparing for civil disturbances in the aftermath of the budget.

Tue, 26 Oct, 2010

Invest a little in deprived children and save a fortune on super-prison

HOMELESSNESS. Poverty. Hunger. Cold. Fear. Isolation. Illness – both physical and mental.

Tue, 19 Oct, 2010

The people must choose the next government — not the markets

NO, no, no, no, no.

Tue, 12 Oct, 2010