#EUREF: Fate of Greece will delineate Ireland’s means of remaining within the Eurozone

RTE’s The Week in Politics is well worth watching… It was the Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore who drew the short straw left him by the Taoiseach’s refusal to debate Gerry Adams on television.. It was notable more for the heat than any modicum of light it generated from either side. “Let’s stick to Ireland…” was Gerry Adams answer to the Sean O’Rourke’s opener on the crisis in Greece. And he did, no matter how many times he was invited to speculate …

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Tory cuts “here” and “Tory like” cuts in the Republic…

Fascinating interchange between Senator David Cullinane and Leo Varadkar talking about the first year of the coalition’s first year in government when the conversation suddenly segs into Sinn Fein’s record in government in Northern Ireland… Adds: As John rightly says, I should have included a link to the whole thing… Starts at 40 minutes… Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a …

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