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The Trinity Philosophical Society Needs to Man Up
It’s official, the Trinity Philosophical Society, or the Phil as everyone likes to call it, has finally lost what little was left of its spine. Its record has been questionable in terms of supporting free debate on the campus of Trinity College Dublin. It bowed to...
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The Burkean’s Political Parties – Renua
Renua Ireland is a modern, open, collaborative political party designed to engage the nation in a new political and social conversation. The party’s six pillars reflect our core beliefs and priorities. We seek to have these pillars reflected across our policies. This...
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The Burkean’s Political Parties – Young Fine Gael
This autumn, students all over Ireland will be starting or returning to life on their college campuses, and those of a political mindset might consider joining one of the various political parties on campus. The below is my effort as President of Young Fine Gael (YFG)...
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Political Quotas are a Cynical Attempt to Strangle the Right
A local government bill due to be published before the end of 2018 will set quotas to encourage more diversity in politics. Supposedly political parties could be forced to fill up to 40% of their nominations with women, migrants, and people from ethnic minority...
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Why Career Landlords and Fine Gael Love #TakeBackTheCity
‘TakeBackTheCity’ almost looks like controlled opposition. It is a group that pretends to be trying to challenge the likes of large property developers, but is instead cementing their positions, both in Dublin and Ireland as a whole. In fact there is a very good...
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Loyalties in High Places
Orla O’Connor Director of the National Women's Council of Ireland tweeted out yesterday her praise for the Minister for Health, after the publication of the damning Scally report which finds significant failures in the structures of the screening programme. “Good to...
read more“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. It is not enough, in a situation of trust in the commonwealth, that a man means well to his country.”
Edmund Burke