Tag: Fianna Fail
Big Jim, Ireland’s Nigeria Deportation Deal and Fianna Fáil’s Race to the Centre Right
Whichever Fianna Fáil cabinet minister masters the migration issue seems to be key to whoever inherits the keys to the Department of the Taoiseach, with the Minister for Justice so far keenest to fill Martin’s shoes. Whereas the Martin project...
Why an Anti-Capitalist Right in Ireland is Doomed: A (Polite) Libertarian Critique
Bertie Ahern riled up IBEC and revolutionary Marxists alike when he announced in November 2004 his commitment to the socialist creed. “I am one of the few socialists left in Irish politics,” the Drumcondra man told the Irish Times, pinning...
Will Fianna Fáil’s Zoomer Golden Boys Oust Martin?
Reports of Micheál Martin’s political demise have been repeatedly overstated in the post-Covid period. The Leesideleader has managed to endure, despite recurring unease among Fianna Fáil’s upper ranks even up until the Jim Gavin fiasco. However, that run of resilience...
Babiš and Bertie: Why Fianna Fáil Didn’t Follow Their Czech Counterparts into Populism
Prague’s Populist Paladin The boom could be back in Prague with Czech voters opting to return neoliberal businessman turned populist kingpin Andrej Babiš to power despite desultory claims of Russian interference. A Slovak who made his fortune creating the agri-chemical...
Seán Dorgan Fianna Fáil’s Progressive Kingmaker?
A hearty performance at November’s general election steadied the ship within the Soliders of Destiny as years of anti-Martin disquiet failed to amount to anything beyond internal grumbling. Heading into semi-retirement shortly, even a return from the grave appearance by...