
FF in danger of being reduced to the status of a mudguard party
One of the less noticeable consequences of Covid has been to obscure a number of developments and decisions which have the capacity to be extremely damaging and possibly have fatal consequences for Fianna Fail. There are a number of those, but today I will just

My speech on Banking, March 3rd 2021
In the ridiculously short time available to me I am not able to discuss Bank of Ireland but suffice it to say I agree with the remarks by Members on all sides of the House. I will confine myself, in the few minutes I have,

Examinerships For SMEs – Topical Issue
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this very important topic. This State has expended enormous amounts of money as aids to businesses affected by the pandemic, and rightly so. The purpose of this has been to preserve businesses and jobs affected

Moyross plan and other broken promises cost us in loss of trust
My article in the SUNDAY INDEPENDENT: Moyross plan and other broken promises cost us in loss of trust The Green Party leader has forgotten that in a coalition, no one element gets all that it wants, writes Willie O’Dea The late Albert Reynolds once said

We have to start planning now for a better post Covid nation
It goes without saying that the government’s primary focus for now must be on battling Covid-19. The authorisation of two highly effective vaccines, with the promise of others to come soon, means we are pushing back against the virus on two fronts: suppression and immunisation.

Judicial Appointments advisory board: nothing more than an ornate post box
Not for the first time in recent political history the appointment of a senior judge has caused political controversy. This is regrettable, not only as it risks undermining faith and confidence in our judicial system, but because it never needed to happen. We have been