The Weekend Gist: News from Elsewhere
A quiet weekend for Irish political news prompts a quick look at other things happening.
Simon McGarr
A lawyer with McGarr Solicitors and director of Data Compliance Europe. Senior Policy Advisor for M3AAWG, guest lecturer with ERA in Trier & External Examiner for Irish Law Society on Data Protection.
The Gist: A bonfire of vanities
Its been two weeks since the election. I was away for the last week. Now I’m back, it’s probably time for a bit of a round up. And, it turns out, some strange things have happened. Three go in, None come out After nearly two weeks of shadow
The Gist: Party political shorts
One week on, a very very brief overview on where the parties stand
The Gist: The Next Election
While the Dáil flails about trying to put itself together, what about the Seanad?
The Gist: Mutually Assured Destruction
From no-news to all-news in one day.
Count Gist
Howlin quits, FG/FF fits
Count Gist: The sound of silence
It's three days since the vote and everything has gone very quiet. In coffee shops all around Leinster House people are huddled in clumps, speaking in hushed tones, eyes darting at the door in case an enemy or journalist comes in. But, for the rest of us, everything
Count Gist: And in the End, the transfers you give....
It's Day 2 of the Count and we are into the realm of hilarity as the losing parties- who have never both lost the same election- struggle to come to terms with what's happened. The numbers have settled down and we know what the Dáil looks
Count Gist: Oh, Sweet Mystery of Life, At last I've found thee!
It's Day 1 of the count. The boxes are open. True things were said yesterday, and today we got to literally enumerate them. I love a count, me. There are thousands of stories across the country in a count. But here isn't the place for all
Count Gist: Poll postions, Adopt a constituency
It's day 0 of the count. The country went out and voted on a Saturday, for the first time since 1918. And, like 1918, Sinn Féin seem to have had a pretty good outing. So now we have to COUNT THE VOTES! And so, contrary to any common
Campaign Gist: How were things with you?
Day 25 and last and I thought I'd ask people what their experience of the campaign was. I asked what did you think at the start, did anything happen to change your mind during it, what you’d hope for after the count and why? Here are some
Campaign Gist: A forest of talk
Day 24 of the Campaign. Journalists and candidates alike are ashen-faced on the TV. Newsletter writers are mourning all the lost sleep of a daily email commitment. But somewhere else, under the rock and soil, the political landscape is rearranging. A forest of talk The time is running out. The