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Dee Dee Dea

Dee Dee Dea...

Just before 9pm Irish time this evening, Willie O’Dea bowed from the Cabinet table and resigned as Minister for Defense. I’m sorry to see him go as I found him to be a popular, fiesty and fierce hunting dog for Fianna Fáil. As a member of Dáil Éireann since 1982, O’Dea has had some positive times in the role of Minister for Defense. His leadership in the deployment of Irish Peacekeeping Forces to...
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George Lee-ving

George Lee-ving...

George Lee is gone. Caput. Finito. Out. The detonator has been set, the timer started and the bomb has been left hidden inside Fine Gael. The assailant has left the building, and now it’ll be up to the opposition party of choice to pick up the pieces. George Lee, the darling of Fine Gael who pipped Shay Brennan to the post in the battle for the late Seamus Brenann’s seat in south Dublin has bowed out after...
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Oppressed Speech

Oppressed Speech...

While in the USA recently, I took some time to check out American television. Not for any other reason other than it’s something that always fascinates me. The mixture of mild-mannered newsreaders in pristine wax-like condition, informing their viewers of the day’s events (some in their own slant!). The personable talk-show hosts and the outrageously silly self-help gurus. The madness of the high regard and...
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Vote YES!

Vote YES!...

I just have to do my bit for the Republic today. So I urge you if you have a vote today in Ireland, vote. And I’ve voted YES! diarmy
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Higgins’ Failure

Higgins’ Failure...

Joe Higgins, former Teachta Dála and now Member of the European Parliament, has failed in my view to connect with the Irish people at a time when he should have converts in their droves looking to join him on his Socialist quest. The Oxford English Dictionary describes Socialism as: “A theory or policy of social organisation which aims at or advocates the ownership and control of the means of production, capital,...
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Eoghan Harris Tells it Like it Is

Eoghan Harris Tells it Like it Is...

I’m off to commission a bust of Eoghan Harris to be mounted in every urban centre in Ireland. What a legend. By EOGHAN HARRIS Sunday June 14 2009 Last Thursday, on Newstalk 106, Eamon Keane asked me to look back at the elections. You can pick up my pearls of wisdom on Newstalk’s podcast. Today, as a member of the anti-stupidity party, I want to take the pundits to task in three areas. First, I was baffled...
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Kenny Fades in Fine GLee

Kenny Fades in Fine GLee...

Enda’s new party standing within what now appears to be the beneficiary of the Fianna Fáil backlash seems rocky and shaky tonight. Kenny’s call to put a motion of no confidence in the government before the Dáil early next week is surely salt in the wound for the already battered government parties and none more-so than the inevitable target of their fury, the Greens. As Kenny clung to George Lee in the...
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Green Collapse not Fianna Fáil’s Fault

Green Collapse not Fianna Fáil’s Fault...

The sheer meltdown of the Green vote throughout the past two days has been attributed to their links and ties within the coalition government here with Fianna Fáil. None more vocal than Niall Ó Brolcháin in Galway who this evening indicated that the Greens now seek some sort of deal from Fine Gael and Labour to allow them cross the floor in a bid to change the make-up of the Government. Ó Brolcháin is bitter at losing...
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George Gael

George Gael...

I’ve never been a fan of George Lee. He deserves the moniker ‘George Glee’ dubbed to him by the creators of Gift Grub on Today FM. He’s been the bearer of bad news in Ireland for as long as most can remember. The former Economics Editor at RTÉ, George brought the temperature down on the economy to frostbite-inducing levels with his journalism over the past few years. While I don’t have any...
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Lenihan’s Budget is a Fair One for All

Lenihan’s Budget is a Fair One for All...

Given all that’s happened since the Budget, I thought it wise to take the temperature of the people for a few weeks before commenting publicly on this topic. To my mind, this budget has been more fear than any that came before – yet this fear like many fears these days – has been compounded by media outlets desperate to gain an audience to boost advertising sales figures in this dour economic time. The...
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