Mick Clifford: Left-right divide is polluting democracy around world... Irish politics may not be so bad after all

In today’s environment, perhaps a little revision is required on the notion that we would be better off following the path beaten by other Western democracies

‘Father Ted’ writer Graham Linehan said US authorities should put pressure on the Irish Government to open a debate on the 2015 Gender Recognition Act.

For a long time, I was one of those who pined for a clear demarcation in Irish politics. 

Unlike most developed states, we did not have any defined left-right divide in the State. Elections were largely fought on the embers of the civil war.