Tallyman

As we all make our minds up as to who we will be voting against (let’s be honest it’s the way we vote in student elections) the decision will not be made by the majority. Decisions are made by a majority of the minority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a [...]

Deputy Leo Varadkar, one of Fine Gael’s up and coming pups put his foot in it in glorious fashion in the Dail. His (justified) attack on former Taoiseach and Fine Gael hero Garret FitzGerald. I was sitting watching the repeat of the Oireachtas Report – I had heard all the curfuffle surrounding something Leo had [...]

Could it be that Fine Gael have finally realised that the Irish Constitution is written with Fianna Fail in mind? That every institution, almost every right and its rules work for Fianna Fail and work only for Fianna Fail? Was Dev’s greatest legacy one of the main reasons Fine Gael policy has been so repugnant [...]

Whilst it must be acknowledged that the Pope’s letter released on Sunday was indeed one of great remorse and filled with sorrow for the hurt inflicted upon the victims of clerical abuse it has come as too little too late. The scandals keep coming, the cover-ups and denials continue. The Pontiff and hierarchy of Rome [...]

Deputy Richard Bruton, Finance spokesperson and Deputy leader of Fine Gael joined me on my radio show this week. Deputy Bruton talks about why he believes why you don’t have to be qualifed in your brief to be a Minister, why the civil service industrial action may be eventually futile and why Fine Gael is [...]