Person: Dessie O’Malley

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Judges likely to avoid findings with political fallout

These days there would be precious few judges who would instinctively protect An Garda Síochána from scrutiny. Whether or not the same open, robust approach would inform big decisions that would have major repercussions for the executive is a matter of conjecture, writes Michael Clifford.

business

Jimmy Deenihan ‘proud of his achievements in Dáil’

I might not always agree with you, Lucinda, but I admire your courage

news

We have been servile for far, far too long

news

Mixed legacy from a career cut short

business

Caught in the grip of a black gold fever

Proposing nuclear power hardly helps our argument over Sellafield

THE threat of nuclear power is looming over this country once again and it is coming, not from an unfriendly country, but from one of our own State agencies.

Fri, 07 Apr, 2006

No deal. Where did we hear that before?

IN recent days the Taoiseach has been at pains to reiterate that he will not go into coalition with Sinn Féin after the next election, no matter what way the electoral math works out.

Mon, 21 Nov, 2005

Bertie rules out coalition with SF - and you’d better believe him

IF THERE was ever any doubt that Bertie Ahern is the shrewdest political analyst and strategist in the country, then he proved it again last weekend.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2005

Apart from the odd spat, FF and the PDs are there for the long haul

ON the night after polling day in the 2002 general election, Bertie Ahern gave the traditional ‘victor’s interview’ to Brian Farrell in RTÉ’s election studio.

Thu, 28 Apr, 2005

State abandons victims’ families

SOMETHING is rotten in the state of Ireland. It is now almost 30 years since 33 innocent people were savagely murdered and scores mutilated in the single biggest act of carnage committed in the course of the Troubles.

Fri, 27 Jun, 2003

Donaldson should think carefully before breaking away from UUP

JEFFREY DONALDSON is no Dessie O’Malley. Donaldson, for all his political skills, doesn’t enjoy O’Malley-like charisma.

Thu, 19 Jun, 2003