Europe's Anchors' away The Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, has seen her once unquestioned power ebbing away across a number of lackluster regional elections. The Government parties have not been doing well- which is bad news for the political centre as both the main German parties are
Higgins triumphs unnoticed The President of Ireland having been reelected with the largest personal mandate in the country's electoral history, the media have immediately rushed to give more attention and oxygen to the reactionary comments of the shambling mound who came a very distant second. It is possible
Nation, just glad its all over, votes Its only been a few short weeks of national embaressment, appeals to the lowest impulses in the world, motivational business word-guff, holy eczema cures and explanations of how money you give away can end up back with you again. But today, the bit
The Past Is a Foreign Country, With No Extradition Treaty In Tuam, Co. Galway there's a small patch of grass with a wall around it in the middle of a housing estate. Under the grass is a sewage works, which was used as a mass grave for hundreds
UK, longing to be a nation once again The UK Prime Minister, who is still Theresa May at time of writing, announced a new plan to deal with the fact that, apparently, nobody in charge of the Brexit project noticed that Ireland was a different country. And that now that
UK longs to be a nation once again The UK Prime Minister, who is still Theresa May at time of writing, announced a new plan to deal with the fact that, apparently, nobody in charge of the Brexit project noticed that Ireland was a different country. And that now that
Small man towers over opponants Michael D. Higgins, after seven years of doing exactly the job he is applying for to universal acclaim, remains most people's first choice for President. To reassure those people they're right, the other candidates have been existing. The one within the
Oireachtas Free Speech Zone Irish High Court finds TDs &Senators can't have restrictions on their speech in the Oireachtas by a court. Courting Attention US Supreme Court Judge told "You're hired" in prime time TV spectacular Getting Gisty With IT Very brief email
UK Lunacy Tory party conferences are rarely pretty. But this year, the UK's Government appears to have taken note of the defeat of the Blackshirts 80 years ago today in the battle of Cable Street and decided it was time to do something about that. Specifically, they decided
Hello again! The Dáil is back in session and so are we. Police and Numbers Irish police are considering going on strike for more pay. However, it is illegal to go on strike. So they instead all call in sick at the same time. However, the CSO released figures suggesting
Banks Stressed The two main Irish banks hovered in the bottom of the EU's league table after the continent-wide stress tests that see what would happen in the event of a financial crisis. Basically, this means they were some of the most likely banks to go bust in
As neither of Ireland's news agenda setters (RTE and the Irish Times) can muster any news worth the name, tonight it's an Africa News In Gist Special. Doubtful prosecution A judge who convicted (in his absence) a notable rival to the sitting President in the Democratic