Just Garret Garret Fitzgerald Liberties Press RRP €17.99 One of my fondest memories of 2011 is when I was in the same studio as Garret Fitzgerald when he arrived to analyse the general election during RTE Radio 1’s election coverage. (Rememberance post published in May 2011) It’s still hard to believe that we will never […]
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Renewing the Republic Michael D. Higgins Liberties Press RRP €17:99 (€14.99 on libertiespress.com) Released shortly before the presidential election, Renewing the Republic, is a collection of speeches and articles from Michael D. Higgins from the past decade which cover themes of citizenship and the republic; culture, identity and reputation; human rights; language; globalisation, emigration […]
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Fianna Fáil: A Biography of the Party By Noel Whelan Gill & Macmillan, €25 You may be familiar with Noel Whelan as a former FF staff member, candidate and advisor who has spent much of the past decade commenting in the media on the rise and demise of the party. Whelan also writes a weekly […]
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Oireachtas Retort has been busy writing about the government’s special advisors recently. He has collated information available on who is working where, what their background is and where available how much they are being paid. Many of those working are party members or former party staff and several have breached the salary cap. One thing […]
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Labour backbenchers (when not appearing on all TV/Radio programmes whilst their FG counterparts hide in the bushes) are issuing pre budget leaflets like this. This is from Ciaran Lynch TD. If you see any other leaflets over the weekend let me know. Nothing about equality there… all about hard choices and long term approaches. In […]
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