Fresh from their Christmas break, TDs and Ministers knuckled down in the Dáil for nearly 2½ months. They must be delighted now to be embarking on a two-week Easter break. The Taoiseach is exhausted from all the foreign travel. The Tánaiste is exhausted from the effort it takes to maintain a low profile. The leader … Read more
Pearse Doherty was rolled out early doors to tee up the afternoon’s main feature. Like a little amuse-bouche from Sinn Féin, Pearse was before the microphones to provide a taste of the robust Dáil fare to come. This is a weekly Leinster House ritual for all the political parties. On Tuesday mornings, before business in … Read more
This is a worrying time in the world of people more used to worrying about the worries of different people in another part of the world. But the old order is changing. Danger is knocking on their doorsteps now. On an afternoon when they held their breath and waited to hear what class of bonkers … Read more
Gerry Adams was about 30 minutes into the story of his life and still focused on events more than 60 years ago when his lawyer suggested they might fast forward a little bit. “Just to move things on,” Declan Doyle said. Although the senior counsel, with an eye to the legal niceties, deferred to the … Read more
Michael Lowry’s day of beckoning dawned on Tuesday. He got what he wanted from the Taoiseach and that’s all that matters. He palmed it into his back pocket with astonishing ingratitude, smirkingly disregarding the fact that his audacious demand was causing untold bother for the Government and leader he has publicly sworn to support. Shameless … Read more