HERE’S what’s in store for all new and returning TDs as the 33rd Dáil sits for the first time. There will be considerable back-to-Dáil traffic in Dublin City as eager parents drop their TD children off at the gates of Leinster House. Expect the mounting of pavements and parking on double yellow lines. To signal… Read more »
AS stop-start government formation talks between Irish political parties trudge on, the Irish nation has been seen fidgeting and tapping on its watch before reminding politicians it hasn’t got all fucking day. “We’ve shit to be doing, so are we governmenting or are we election 2.0-ing?” an irritated Irish public relayed to Sinn Féin, Fianna… Read more »
WITH the likelihood of a ‘grand coalition’ involving Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael increasing, some incensed Sinn Féin voters continue to labour under the misapprehension that 100% of the nation voted for Sinn Féin. Much in the same way Fine Gael voters in 2016 couldn’t understand why the 75% of the country that didn’t vote… Read more »
AS A COUNTRY we may not be able to get our complex, nuanced and violent past out of our system, but that’s not to say we can’t all band together and agree to get one big ‘Sinn Féin is the IRA’ bashing session out of the way and then move on, allowing a more mature,… Read more »
FOLLOWING on from Brendan Howlin’s resignation as party leader the Labour party have wasted no time in finding a suitable successor and will now seek to appoint a grave digger to finish off the job believed to have been initially undertaken in 2011. “We need someone with the relevant experience to ensure this hole we’ve… Read more »
TAKING EVERY necessary precaution during nascent government coalition talks with Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald is currently being placed in a highly secure hazmat suit, to give her a fighting chance against catching the devastating Fiannafáilvirus. Such is the panic and paranoia around the all-consuming infection, the phone with which McDonald used… Read more »
ALTHOUGH a new government has yet to be formed from the aftermath of GE2020, a freshly-invigorated and triumphant Sinn Féin have already begun to lay the groundwork for a Unity Referendum; an all-island poll to gauge the desire to finally reunite Northern Ireland with the Republic, a question that has been brewing in the four… Read more »
AS IS TRADITION now in Irish elections none of the the biggest parties are anywhere close to having enough seats to rule on their own, so the Irish public will watching closely as parties begin negotiations over potential coalition formations. How do the numbers work and what realistic combinations gets the country closest to a… Read more »
DUP leader Arlene Foster has taken to drinking Gaviscon straight out of the bottle this week, following a series of events that have caused her party ‘nothing but grief’, including the stunning general election performance of Sinn Féin in the Republic. Crucified with the heartburn and getting by on less than three hours sleep a… Read more »
AS SENIOR Fine Gael figures and those on the ground involved in the party’s grass roots begin to hint that party leader and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar should resign after a disappointing election performance, sources close to the Taoiseach suggest he was utterly devastated for close to 30 seconds. “Bless him, he was inconsolable at the… Read more »