Marian Price to sue Disney for defamation over Say Nothing TV show…
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I know we have been a bit remiss in not covering Say Nothing yet, but I have only watched the first two episodes and was avoiding writing about it until I saw them all. But from what I have seen …
Givan and Teaching Unions on a collision course over pay
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The BBC are reporting that education minister Paul Givan has told the Assembly that he simply does not have the funds to meet the pay demands of local unions. “Giving teachers in Northern Ireland the pay rise unions have asked …
The Really Hard Work Starts Now
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Our esteemed founder and Editor, Mick Fealty, has an opinion piece up entitled If Election 2024 is anything to go by Fianna Fáil’s slow growth approach seems to be working just fine which is a tendentious reading of the election …
Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter…
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After saying for years that he would not interfere in the legal process, Joe Biden backtracked on his promises and pardoned his son Hunter. Hunter Biden was facing the prospect of years in prison over charges relating to gun possession …
If Election 2024 is anything to go by Fianna Fáil’s slow growth approach seems to be working just fine
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To be honest about the election it felt more like a dour mid winter scoring draw than any victory. Yet, after all the shouting’s done, the two main parties of the outgoing coalition still have the ball. This was a …
More Status Quo please – for now
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The above graphic is an RTE snapshot of the state of the parties at the time this blog was published The results of the Irish general election are largely in, and the outlines of the result have become clear. With …
New opportunities for all-Ireland centre-left politics after the 2024 Dáil election
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Watching the results on RTÉ on Sunday, a different story of Election 2024 emerged, compared to Saturday’s narrative. The exit poll ranked Sinn Féin first and Fianna Fáil third, whereas the opposite was the case for the actual vote. Fine …
Irish unity : a dead duck for the foreseeable future
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As anyone following the coverage on RTÉ will have seen, the result of Friday’s Irish election is now becoming clear with the country on course to re-elect a variant of the FF-FG coalition. As of Sunday evening, the consensus is …
Episode two: Fish (and eggs) on Friday…
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Paul Moore is the author of ‘Doctor Paisley and Mister Clerk – Recollections of Ian Paisley’s Agriculture Committee Years’. It is available from Amazon. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09WCPWHQH On the 2nd of December 2024, it will be exactly 25 years since ‘the appointed …
Open Sunday – discuss what you like…
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The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing. Comments will close at 12 pm on Monday.