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From: Irish Political Review: Editorials

Date: August, 2016

By: Editorial

Title: The Democratic Burden!

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From: Irish Political Review: Editorials

Date: July, 2016

By: Editorial

Title: Brexit Britain Takes The Plunge

On the morning of the British referendum result (24th June), Peter Sutherland, former EU Commissioner and former head of the World Trade Organisation, was interviewed on Radio Eireann about it. He said, in effect: Good riddance of bad rubbish! He said that, from the moment it joined the EU (or whatever it was called in 1972), Britain had been an obstacle to its development. It had been a negative element within it all the way through. (And that was indisputably the case within a couple of years of its inveigling its way in—with Ireland in tow.) If Britain had voted to remain within the EU, Sutherland would not have breathed a word in criticism of it, but his positive response to its exit was so heartfelt and well-informed that there could be no question of it being just a matter of sour grapes. Britain was bad for the EU but, while it was there as its controlling member, the truth could not be blurted out. Read Full Article

From: Irish Political Review: Editorials

Date: June, 2016

By: Editorial

Title: Where Are The 'Moderates' ?

Is it possible or desirable to have change in the way Northern Ireland is governed? That question would certainly not be raised, if it were not for the continuing Sinn Fein electoral success in general—and, more specifically, its success in recent Irish elections. Until the rise of Sinn Fein, the Irish Establishment was content with the settlement brought about by the Good Friday Agreement. That Agreement was designed to produce communalised government—with the 'moderate' parties on either side of the divide in command. Read Full Article

From: Irish Political Review: Editorials

Date: May, 2016

By: Editorial

Title: Ireland On Auto-Pilot

Two months after the Election the state is still without an elected Government. But life goes on as usual. Could there be a more convincing proof of the durability and maturity of Irish democracy? The Election came close to breaking up the party-system by which the state has been governed for about three-quarters of a century. Read Full Article

From: Irish Political Review: Editorials

Date: March, 2016

By: Editorial

Title: Irish Election—Just Desserts!

The main casualty of the Election was Labour. That is how it should be. It rejected the opportunity, presented by the collapse of Fianna Fail in the 2011 General Election, when it became the second Party in the state, to take the role of official Opposition, lead the campaign against Austerity, and put itself in the running to become the major party in a Government. It chose instead the safety of permanent third-party status, with seats in Government for a few years as junior party to Fine Gael. The result is that it has been relegated to fourth-party status, and that there has been fragmentation of the party system, relieved only by the rise of Sinn Fein. Read Full Article