Paddy Matthews
@paddymatthews.bsky.social
Weary rural cynic preparing a bolthole just in case. До біса Трампа.
There's been a split, with a group of freaks including Eoin Ó Murchú (Phoenix and ex-pol corr for RnaG) deciding that they were insufficiently pro-Moscow and forming the ICP instead.
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
There's been a split, with a group of freaks including Eoin Ó Murchú (Phoenix and ex-pol corr for RnaG) deciding that they were insufficiently pro-Moscow and forming the ICP instead.
FG is not and never has been *remotely* social democratic (social liberalism != social democracy).
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
FG is not and never has been *remotely* social democratic (social liberalism != social democracy).
Irish "Labour" could at least plead in mitigation that they were only one-third of a government dominated by Osborne-style right-wingers rather than having a three-figure overall majority on their own. (Can't believe I'm making excuses for the Sticks.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Irish "Labour" could at least plead in mitigation that they were only one-third of a government dominated by Osborne-style right-wingers rather than having a three-figure overall majority on their own. (Can't believe I'm making excuses for the Sticks.)
Surely there's an opening for a veteran local independent socialist?
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Surely there's an opening for a veteran local independent socialist?
The cream always rises to the top.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The cream always rises to the top.
Probably still stands a better chance of winning a by-election in Dublin Central than FG.
November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Probably still stands a better chance of winning a by-election in Dublin Central than FG.
Four. There was a fifth (Meath) but it got absorbed into Leinster.
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Four. There was a fifth (Meath) but it got absorbed into Leinster.
...only for their one MEP at the time to decide that he wanted to be a big fish in ECR rather than a small one in ELDR. Biffo Cowen had less patience than Ahern and ordered the MEP to reaffiliate only for him to refuse (and then be absent for a full 5-year term until his retirement in 2019).
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
...only for their one MEP at the time to decide that he wanted to be a big fish in ECR rather than a small one in ELDR. Biffo Cowen had less patience than Ahern and ordered the MEP to reaffiliate only for him to refuse (and then be absent for a full 5-year term until his retirement in 2019).
They went in with the Gaullists (and the SNP) originally in the 1970s and ended up staying in that group through inertia as it mutated from centre to further right (being the predecessor to ECR) until the party leadership under Bertie decided that enough was enough and tried to switch to ELDR...
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
They went in with the Gaullists (and the SNP) originally in the 1970s and ended up staying in that group through inertia as it mutated from centre to further right (being the predecessor to ECR) until the party leadership under Bertie decided that enough was enough and tried to switch to ELDR...
Not especially "Christian Democratic" - "conservative-liberal" or "Nordic conservative" might be a better description. FF is a better analogue to the Canadian Liberals or to a lot of EPP parties in terms of its traditional space in the political ecosystem.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Not especially "Christian Democratic" - "conservative-liberal" or "Nordic conservative" might be a better description. FF is a better analogue to the Canadian Liberals or to a lot of EPP parties in terms of its traditional space in the political ecosystem.
Sounds very much like a certain type of Irish "Labour"/Green swing voter.
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Sounds very much like a certain type of Irish "Labour"/Green swing voter.
Property registration law.
November 8, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Property registration law.
Terenure according to the law. (There are two Kimmages because, to return to the topic at the start of the conversation, one is in Rathdown barony and the other in Uppercross, which curls around the north of Terenure and Rathgar to include Rathmines.)
November 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Terenure according to the law. (There are two Kimmages because, to return to the topic at the start of the conversation, one is in Rathdown barony and the other in Uppercross, which curls around the north of Terenure and Rathgar to include Rathmines.)
The rationale for this being that all of this area was in the former Terenure DED, before that was gradually chipped away by expansion of the Dublin city boundary.
November 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The rationale for this being that all of this area was in the former Terenure DED, before that was gradually chipped away by expansion of the Dublin city boundary.
At least it wasn't *The* Architect.
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
At least it wasn't *The* Architect.
Certainly among what I would imagine that demographic would be.
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Certainly among what I would imagine that demographic would be.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You show a bit of initiative.... careers.buseireann.ie/jobs/supervi...
Neither of those charged are on their first rodeo from a cursory check of the local papers (one had 46 previous convictions by the age of 17) so I'm skeptical that even the dissos' HR departments would be hiring.
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Neither of those charged are on their first rodeo from a cursory check of the local papers (one had 46 previous convictions by the age of 17) so I'm skeptical that even the dissos' HR departments would be hiring.
It was on sufficiently for no awkward questions to be asked.
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It was on sufficiently for no awkward questions to be asked.
Given that Laszlo has now gone mask-off anti-Semite, this might indicate an unprecedented degree of foresight on the part of Trots.
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Given that Laszlo has now gone mask-off anti-Semite, this might indicate an unprecedented degree of foresight on the part of Trots.
Could also be gang-related in Drogheda. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Could also be gang-related in Drogheda. www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Tiger-era new-build "country house" hotel in the extended commuter belt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Tiger-era new-build "country house" hotel in the extended commuter belt.