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Irish ‘New Politics’ explained…. kind of… #Dail
This is my latest article for Broadsheet.ie – available online here: http://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/05/24/the-new-politics-explained/ New Politics explained….. What exactly is this “New Politics” we...
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Ehh.. #SocialMedia alone not to blame for coarsening of political debates
This is my Broadsheet opinion piece from June 20th, written in the aftermath of the horrific murder of labour MP, Jo Cox. broadsheet.ie/ad-hominemphobia/ As people struggle to come to terms with how Jo...
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Pro-EU sentiment across #Ireland should be fostered via all island Forum...
This is my Broadsheet “Mooney on Monday” from Monday piece from June 27th on how the Irish Government (and politicians) must act in response to the UK’s Brexit vote. There is a new (though not...
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Three cheers for the system. Hip hip…. No? Nothing…? My Broadsheet.ie column...
Here is my “Mooney on Monday” Broadsheet column from August 8th last: www.broadsheet.ie/three-cheers-for-the-system/ Three cheers for the system. Hip hip…. No? Nothing…? This comes as no surprise....
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A simple primer on Irish #Defence Policy
Here is another of my weekly Broadsheet columns. I am slowly catching up on reposting these columns here, I hope to have my site up to date over the coming week. This one is from August 29th and offers...
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Special Advisers #Spads can play an important and positive role in government
Here is my Broadsheet column from September 5th 2016. This looks at the important and positive role Special Advisers (Spads) can play in government, particularly a partnership one, such as the current...
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The decline of public language in politics is coming to Ireland
This is my Broadsheet column from just over a week ago – September 12th 2016 – it concerns the then MoS John Halligan will he/won’t he resign saga. Though he didn’t resign, keep this one on file for...
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Enda Kenny: we’ll miss him (eventually)
This column originally appeared on Broadsheet.ie on May 8th 2017 and suggests that Fine Gael will come to regret dumping Enda Kenny as Taoiseach and leader as speedily as they have…...
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Why @DefenceForces are a special case and deserve a far higher priority than...
This Broadsheet.ie column is from December 5th 2017, it was written following the protest outside the Dáil by Army wives and families I want to look back at last week’s 24 hour protest outside Leinster...
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Govt response to @lawlessj draft Social Media Transperancy law shows just how...
This is my Broadsheet column published online on December 19th last. Though it would probably be more accurate to call it an idiom than a word, “fake news” it now 2017 new word of the year. Not just...
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