The Green leader’s resignation lets his party present a new face after participation in government did not result in the usual electoral wipe-out.
The elections have shown that anger doesn’t cut it with enough voters. People want policies that offer the chance of better times. Facing an energised Government, Sinn Féin needs to change its message.
From his midlands base as a former journalist, the Independent Ireland candidate for MEP blames the Green Party for the ills of rural Ireland and calls for EU intervention on insurance costs.
New Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke defends cost-busting measures for SMEs and promises more in the budget – but he pits a cut in the hospitality Vat rate against income tax breaks for middle earners.
Trying to balance strict border controls with a duty to treat asylum seekers humanely seems nearly impossible with a right-learning parliament. Should they come to power, Sinn Féin will have no choice but to deal with these realities.
Separate EU attempts at corporation tax harmonisation and capital markets integration are nothing new. The suggestion that they might be linked is, but it didn’t seem to stick.
The final meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council that included Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney took place on Monday in Armagh. All the major players from both side of the border were there. But two of them won’t be back.
By tilting to the right, Simon Harris wants to undercut the temptation of more radical votes. There will be help for farmers and small businesses but to really address voter anger, the new taoiseach will need to confront housing.
Available to serve, Simon Coveney received deafening silence in response from the next Taoiseach Simon Harris. Now, for the first time in his political career, Action Man Coveney is in self-induced observe-and-reflect mode.
It is many years since the country’s economic indicators have looked so well and the new Taoiseach will have a lot of tailwinds going his way. How should he use them?
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