Category Archives: Politics

Whoa! Get off my side!

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

Ok… everyone calm down. Since my last post, there has been a rather shrill and at times exaggerated reaction to my post and to the position of a particular party on equality and specifically the issue of equality relating to … Continue reading →

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We don’t want marriage, we just want equality.

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

Let me make myself perfectly clear. I am gay. I have always been gay. I did not choose at some point in my life to be gay, it chose me. I would go as far as to say that I … Continue reading →

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Apparently people who live in apartments don’t vote.

Posted on February 3, 2011 by

I have lived in apartments in Dublin’s city centre for nearly 20 years now. 4 general elections have passed in Ireland in the time that I have been living in apartments, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2007. In addition, the Dublin … Continue reading →

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Why are we waiting? (to the tune of Adeste Fideles)

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

Seriously. Why are we still waiting for the incompetent fools that the country inexplicably elected last time around to call an election? The whole country seems to be of the opinion that this shower of useless, expenses fiddling, golf playing, … Continue reading →

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What now for Irish Politics?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

It has been a roller-coaster couple of weeks in Ireland. The party that has almost continuously run the country (with a couple of brief interludes) since the inception of the state lies in ruins, or at least its reputation does. Whether the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Ireland, Politics, Social Welfare | 2 Comments