The mysterious case of too many fucking fadas

Sometimes, we get things wrong.  Sometimes, however, it’s not our fault.  As a result of the historical intransigence of the Irish people and their insistence on the creation of a 26 county partitionist statelet, the education system in the still loyally British...

If I were Fine Gael’s election director…

Day 1: attempt viral hatchetjob on Cowen. Interspersed graphics of Bertie, Cowen and Martin. Martin and Cowen at Cabinet table. Lots of smiling. Graphic showing national debt growing on screen. Heartbeat background. Slowing to a flatline. Finishes with a fade to...

Two lessons in politics and government from Ireland

Irlande, Nul Points First the mildly funny story.  It emerged this morning that since 2003, more than 18,000 people cases of serious road traffic offences have been brought to court in Ireland and convicted of.  Of those, it would appear that just over 700 of those...