Tag Archives: Ireland

“A fractured Union? Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland first ministers meeting”, Anadolu Ajansı, 17 September 2026.

Every now and then, the official designation, United Kingdom, can seem particularly inapposite. The relationship between its component parts – England (population 56.5 million), Scotland (5.5 million), Wales (3.1 million), and Northern Ireland (1.9 million) – is rarely as harmonious … Continue reading →

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’12 step programme to rehabilitate Fianna Fáil’, Irish Times, 2 February 2016

When Fianna Fáil asked me back in 2012 what defeated parties needed to do to put things right, I came up with a 12-step programme. So, has the party followed it – or has it fallen off the wagon? 1) … Continue reading →

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