Opinion: Budget Blinded by Ideology
Budget 2018 proved to be a very underwhelming affair laced with ideology. With very limited scope for spending increases as a result of EU…
Fianna Fail
Where do Political Parties Stand on the 8th Amendment?
The 8th Amendment and its future in the Constitution has been the most divisive political issue in Ireland for years. While there now appears…
Party Selection Conventions Give Rise to Drama of Election to Come
The slow summer months have seen the Irish political main stage fall quiet, with little entertainment emerging from the corridors of the Oireachtas. The…
Conflict of ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Politics to Define Landscape of Next General Election
The Irish political landscape in the run up to the 2016 General Election is one defined by a tension between change and continuity. For…
Fianna Fáil Struggling with Gender Quotas Ahead of 2016 Election
Looming large on the Irish political horizon is the next General Election, health falling at the latest in April 2016. This General Election brings…
Fianna Fáil Still Struggling For Political Identity
Much of the talk occupying Irish political discourse at the moment is the notion of a revolution; a great changing of the guard that…