John McGuirk

Conservative. Nationalist. Likes Cake.

Tag: Eamon Gilmore

Labour’s mask slips.

Did you know that there are only 22 female TDs? And did you know that that equates to 13% of the membership of Dáil Eireann? I was, at most, vaguely aware of this fact. It doesn’t much bother me. The way I see it, the people choose who they choose and then the chosen ones [...]

Is there a path to victory for Fianna Fáil? I think so.

I don’t anticipate doing any political work again for a good long while, but once bitten by the campaign bug it stays with you. Tonight’s Vincent Browne programme was nothing special in itself – a special programme on Fine Gael, but it raised an interesting question: Is a change of Government at the next election [...]