During the week the Financial Times was speculating about who the EPP group of EU centre right parties, which includes Fine Gael, might consider putting forward to succeed the outgoing EU Commission President, Jean- Claude Juncker. Much to the delight of the Taoiseach and his entourage, Leo Varadkar’s name and, more importantly for them, his

My speech in Dáil Éireann on my Bill which will make it quicker and easier to apply for the Housing Adaption grant for people with a Disability: I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” I wish to share my time with Deputy O’Rourke, who is co-sponsor of this Bill, and with

Two weeks ago, I wrote about how Theresa May was determined to bring the UK right to the brink of disaster on Brexit. What I did not mention was Jeremy Corbyn’s role in the debacle – a role that is almost as big and as dangerous as May’s. Corbyn’s Labour Party has it within its

British Prime Minister May’s tactic of running down the parliamentary clock until the only viable alternative to a no-deal hard Brexit is passing her Withdrawal Agreement has been widely described as political brinksmanship. It is being called a lot of other things too, some of which I could agree with, but for the purposes of