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Biden departure takes age out of the equation

World of Politics with Harry McGee The oldest person to become Taoiseach was Seán Lemass, who was just shy of 60 when he succeeded Eamon de Valera...

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Trump shooting underlines the ever-present danger in politics

World of Politics with Harry McGee Should we have been surprised at the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday...

18.07.2024 10

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Budget takes on whole new significance ahead of election

World of Politics with Harry McGee The first significant typo I made was in the Connacht Tribune office in July 1989. I had just started working...

11.07.2024 9

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Comings and goings in the corridors of political power

World of Politics with Harry McGee There have been a lot of changes this year in politics – and we’re only over the halfway point; two leaders...

04.07.2024 10

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Week of seismic changes and saddest of departures

World of Politics with Harry McGee It was one of those weeks in politics where it was hard to keep tabs on everything – a new Commissioner; a new...

27.06.2024 10

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Five points to take from Euro and local elections

World of Politics with Harry McGee Five points to make as the dust finally settles on the European and local elections – and the first is that...

20.06.2024 10

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Winners and losers in the political Grand National

World of Politics with Harry McGee I’ve never forgotten They Shoot Horses Don’t They? It was a classic 1970s film starring Jane Fonda which I...

13.06.2024 10

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Hate has become common currency on the doorsteps

World of Politics with Harry McGee There is an ugly face to political protest in Ireland these days that was not evident pre-Covid, because there is...

30.05.2024 20

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Polls show Euro election picture is as clear as mud

World of Politics with Harry McGee Politicians say publicly they pay no heed to polls. The only poll that matters, so the cliche goes, is the one...

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What would the words be on Ireland’s sign of the times?

World of Politics with Harry McGee My colleague in The Irish Times, Joe Humphreys, wrote a fascinating article some weeks back about an infamous...

16.05.2024 30

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Massive field turns Euro election into bumper race

World of Politics with Harry McGee In the 2014 election for the Midland North West constituency there were 14 candidates vying for four seats. In...

09.05.2024 30

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Directly-elected Mayor can trigger renewed city growth

World of Politics with Harry McGee The role of Mayors in Irish cities and, sometimes, counties has long been largely ceremonial and symbolic,...

02.05.2024 40

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State’s Stardust apology is the beginning – not the end

World of Politics with Harry McGee When you look at the photographs now, 43 years on, you’re shocked how young they were. Many of the 800 people...

25.04.2024 10

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Ard Fheis season – the minor match before election battle

World of Politics with Harry McGee Ard Fheis season is in full swing, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil over the last two weekends and the Greens are...

18.04.2024 30

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Naughton snub sees wait go on for Galway Minister

World of Politics with Harry McGee When the next general election takes place early next year (if the Government lasts that long) it will be almost...

11.04.2024 10

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Tale of two Simons is a political Lannigan’s Ball

World of Politics with Harry McGee The tale of the two Simons is like Lannigan’s Ball; one stepped out and one stepped in again. The news on...

04.04.2024 10

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Varadkar caught all by surprise – but Harris was first responder

World of Politics with Harry McGee Early last week I was just back from the US having trailed Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for a week in Boston and...

28.03.2024 30

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Varadkar makes point in person on biggest political stage of all

World of Politics with Harry McGee I was in the US for all of last week reporting on the visit of the Taoiseach to Boston and Washington DC; my third...

21.03.2024 10

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Legislation that lays the foundation for success

World of Politics with Harry McGee Were you surprised at the result? I can tell you I wasn’t. Didn’t I predict it last week? I told you more than...

14.03.2024 10

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Referendums may fall due to general lack of interest

World of Politics with Harry McGee There have been 40 amendments to the Constitution put to the people since the document was published in 1937 –...

07.03.2024 8

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RTÉ’s chair has to be the hottest seat in town

World of Politics with Harry McGee Who would take on the job of RTÉ chair after the debacle of the past week? The national broadcaster seems to be...

29.02.2024 20

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Passing of proud Kerryman and political commentator

World of Politics with Harry McGee It’s been a tough week for the world of media and politics – and particularly for those of us on the politics...

22.02.2024 10

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Fragmented political picture sees strange state of affairs

World of Politics with Harry McGee Never has politics seemed so fragmented in Ireland with now four identifiable blocs in Irish politics – Sinn...

15.02.2024 20

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Cowen’s convention victory leaves FF with Euro dilemma

World of Politics with Harry McGee A wet Monday night in Mullingar, early February; probably not the most inviting of sentences I’m ever going to...

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Emigration issue will put a different spin on elections

World of Politics with Harry McGee The legendary political correspondent with The Irish Independent, Chris Glennon, was sometimes tackled about...

01.02.2024 40

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Social media will play key role in selling the political message

World of Politics with Harry McGee I was giving career advice to students in a secondary school recently. The first thing that surprised me was the...

25.01.2024 10

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The more Trump looks like losing, the closer he comes to winning

World of Politics with Harry McGee I’m terrible at predictions. It’s taken me a career to admit it to myself. Trying to predict accurately how...

18.01.2024 10

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Far right brings spittle and rage to towns around Ireland

World of Politics with Harry McGee Ballinrobe, Rosscahill, Fermoy, Lismore, Leitrim village, Ardee, Carlingford, Ringsend, Rosslare, Rooskey. The...

11.01.2024 10

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Local elections will indicate how far Sinn Féin has come

World of Politics with Harry McGee As commentators like myself have found to our cost in the past, secondary elections are not always good...

04.01.2024 10

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Political expectations for the year that lies ahead

World of Politics with Harry McGee The bombing of Gaza continued relentlessly over the Christmas period as the population was forced to flee into...

28.12.2023 9

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Eight things to note in Irish (and world) politics in 2023

World of Politics with Harry McGee We have almost forgotten that this was the first time we ever had a Government where the top job was shared. Dick...

21.12.2023 10

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Dubai dog’s dinner is just another global Cop-Out

World of Politics with Harry McGee I have been to two COP conferences, one in Copenhagen in 2009, the other in Paris in 2015. The first was COP 15,...

14.12.2023 10

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Confidence always shaken when Government is stirred

World of Politics with Harry McGee No confidence motions are part and parcel of parliamentary politics. There are at least a handful each year and...

07.12.2023 20

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