Friday's normally relatively quiet in Irish political circles, at least that I've noticed.  No Vinnie B, no Prime Time, most of the TDs long back to the sticks to make mischief there for a while.  Start of a Bank Holiday weekend doubly so, you'd imagine.  But of course, the Catholic church has its own calendar, in many, many ways.  Thus, Sean Brady ( Read more... )

That's twice now I've heard a (Fianna Fail) government minister describe opposition pronouncements (once FG, once Labour) as "populist".  Good to know that the dominant force in Irish politics has been maintaining a hair-shirt regimen of strict political ethics and tight monetary discipline all this while, then, as against the Berlusconiesque ( Read more... )