Mooney on Irish Politics
By Derek Mooney
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A sometimes jaundiced, but always informed commentary on today's Irish politics from Derek Mooney, an experienced campaigner, former ministerial adviser and now a public affairs consultant.
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Irish Defence Policy from Debate, Not Caprice
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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So many words... Martin and Harris Árd Fheis speeches
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Nation goes standby while Fine Gael resets?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Varadkar Bunks Off... Without Paying
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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This Sinn Féin leader’s speech is brought to you by the word: "Change"
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Micheál Martin: a lot said, but not much new
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Feck the tiger, says Varadkar
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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My 2023 Summer Political Reading List
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Is Sinn Fein flatlining due to its known knowns?
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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President and Tánaiste - Both Getting It Wrong
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Next Dáil will have 18 extra TDs... how many will be FF or FG? Not many...
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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When you have a government determined to drive away support…
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May 29, 2023 |
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Because leadership matters… SocDems poll bounce is about more than just a new leader
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Fine Gael reckons when they are explaining, you are snoozing
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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The perils of the mid-term #reshuffle
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Fine Gael’s triple lock three card trick
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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Might Varadkar's pact threat wake-up Fianna Fáil?
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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A Timely Tale of Two Speeches
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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My thoughts on the demise of the FF/SDLP partnership
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Derek Mooney’s Summer 2022 political reading list
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Fianna Fáil looks defenceless in Government while increasing defence investment
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Here’s an appalling vista – a politics dominated by Sinn Féin and Fine Gael
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Mooney on Politics featuring the "Here's How" #Podcast
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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Goodbye to Broadsheet – and hello to cuckoo clocks and the 3 Fianna Fáil truths I set out 2 years ago!
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Why is Dublin city’s infrastructure gradually falling apart?
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Happy the opposition when a government cannot effectively promote its own achievements…
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May 26, 2022 |
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NI Assembly result was historic – just not era changing
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May 11, 2022 |
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No more no-go in Dublin City Centre
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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DUP Is Down – But Don’t Count It Out Just Yet
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Irish public 100% understands that defence costs
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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Why eat your words when you can delete them?
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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How Putin’s brutal invasion of Ukraine undid two decades work in a few days… for no gain.
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Putin: the Czar of false flags
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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The Painful Sting Of A Fading DUP
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Defence: the sleeping dog that’s no longer content to stay sleeping
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Promises to keep when you have mid-terms to avoid?
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Sinn Féin discovers public sector reform, a decade after everyone else… late, but still welcome
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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For Both Taoiseach and Tánaiste The Question is: To reshuffle, or not…?
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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We Can’t Spite Ourselves On Covid Restrictions
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Martin and Johnson… a lot more alike than you’d think
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Yes, filter NPHET but filter the air in classrooms first
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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Micheál Martin, the managerial minimalist
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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The Shinners ready themselves for government… but are we ready for them?
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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This week’s Covid19 reopening should have gone ahead
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Fail to define yourself and others will do it for you
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Maybe We’d Believe Them More If The Numbers Were Smaller?
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Women of extraordinary honour and courage
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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Three more reasons why President is right to decline
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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The Coveney No Confidence Motion
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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The pubs are re-opening, so normal politics is resuming… and endgame is near
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Polls, Zappone and political cop-on
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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My 2021 Summer Political reading list
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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My interim review of Fianna Fáil's by-election campaign
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Why does Martin’s Fianna Fáil have such a stubborn problem with young people?
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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It’s very testing to go travelling
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Why does an unpopular party have a popular leader?
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Fake Pollsters Do Not Mean Fake Polling
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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The Dublin Bay South By-Election
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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There’s only one issue that matters... it's housing
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Doing national cyber defence on the cheap costs more… put @defenceforces in charge
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May 18, 2021 |
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Like Brezhnev… many in Fianna Fáil Are Riding The Rails With The Blinds Down
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May 11, 2021 |
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There’s no big secret to good government communications
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May 05, 2021 |
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1 week until the most consequential UK election... and a major SNP win
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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When loyalism’s loyalty is rejected
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Time’s Up for Martin… But It’ll Take A Little Longer To Play Out
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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This is an important week for relations across these islands
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Why Leo Varadkar’s future as leader is now no more assured than is Martin’s
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Why An Taoiseach must act to defer second vaccine doses so we can unlock sooner
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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Johnson’s Duplicity Will Not End With Brexit
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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As Taoiseach, Micheál Martin’s negatives far outweigh his positives
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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No defence of defence relationships
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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Normal Political Service Will Resume When Pubs (ie Wet Bars) Reopen
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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Government is bidding against itself on top officials pay
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Feb 23, 2021 |