Article Category: Affairs of the Nation

FINE GAEL GUNNING FOR ELECTION

July 12, 2018
A TRIO of young but influential Fine Gael ministers has persuaded most of their... Read more »

SEAMUS HEANEY’S EXPENSIVE ARCHIVE

July 12, 2018
THERE HAS been plenty of gushing coverage of the Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again... Read more »

EOGHAN MURPHY STRIKES BACK

July 12, 2018
TD Kate O’Connell’s public assault on her Fine Gael constituency ‘colleague’ Eoghan Murphy –... Read more »

BENDING THE KNEE

July 12, 2018
THERE is something out of sync with the rush to fete the sixth in... Read more »

THE BUDGET: GUNS OR HOUSES?

July 12, 2018
MICHEÁL MARTIN and his party face an interesting dilemma in the run-up to the... Read more »

DECLAN O’CALLAGHAN’S EXIT

July 12, 2018
IT MAY not come as too great a surprise to hear that controversial Ballaghaderreen... Read more »

FINE GAEL’S WAR GAMES

June 28, 2018
CAREFULLY crafted PR spin on Tánaiste Simon Coveney’s attendance at the EU foreign affairs... Read more »

FIVE GUYS, ONE CRITIC

June 28, 2018
GOLDHAWK certainly enjoyed Catherine Cleary’s demolition of the new Five Guys burger joint in... Read more »

MEL GIBSON V MACDARA KELLEHER

June 28, 2018
CONGRATULATIONS to filmmaker Macdara Kelleher who received good news from the Superior Court of... Read more »

SHERLOCK’S BOOZY CONSTITUENCY

June 28, 2018
SOME of Labour deputy Sean Sherlock’s parliamentary colleagues wondered if the Cork East TD... Read more »

TD DEFIES VULTURE FUND JAIL THREAT

June 13, 2018
FIANNA FÁIL TD John McGuinness has rutted up against some heavy hitters – ex... Read more »

RUAIRÍ QUINN’S BUSY TIMETABLE

June 13, 2018
THE COUNTDOWN is in full swing for the imminent opening of Barry O’Callaghan’s hugely... Read more »

OLGA SHAJAKU V CRYSTAL LI

June 13, 2018
AFTER REPEATED visits to the courts, determined Russian lawyer Olga Shajaku has finally won... Read more »

ROSS AMBUSHED BY JUDGE’S CALL

June 13, 2018
SHANE ROSS told RTÉ through gritted teeth last week that he had no problems... Read more »

PROF KENNY’S EVIDENCE REFUTED

June 13, 2018
ACADEMIC and writer Professor Colum Kenny has got himself into a spot of bother... Read more »

THE POWER OF (SOME) WOMEN

May 31, 2018
THE hugely successful repeal campaign has been lauded in politically correct and slightly patronising... Read more »

PREGNANT WITH POSSIBILITY

May 31, 2018
WHILE THE focus in the aftermath of the referendum has naturally been on the... Read more »

IRISH HYPOCRISY ON GAZA

May 31, 2018
THE rhetorical statements from An Taoiseach and the Foreign Minister – Leo Varadkar and... Read more »

JD BUCKLEY’S SUPPORTING ROLE

May 17, 2018
THIS WEEK’S AGM of Independent News and Media (INM) should prove lots of fun... Read more »