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World of Politics with Harry McGee Charlie Flanagan announced this week that he’s stepping down from politics – and if Fine Gael keeps on...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Every September around this time, I go out to the shed and rummage around until I find a pair of wellington boots....
World of Politics with Harry McGee The think-in is a relatively new phenomenon in the political landscape. If memory serves me correctly, they...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Richard Bruton was not the first victim of the constituency changes. His decision not to contest the election had...
World of Politics with Harry McGee I was away when one of the heist stories of the summer broke – the alleged removal of gold bullion from a vault...
World of Politics with Harry McGee When the Democratic Unionist Party was coming under pressure to do the unthinkable and go into Government with...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The annual run-in to the Budget is getting longer and longer; the media equivalent of adverts for Christmas...
In early 2018 Strava published a “global heat map” showing all the places in the world where users of smartwatches who used its GPS-based fitness...
World of Politics with Harry McGee At the end of this month, the newly-established Electoral Commission will announce one of the most radical...
World of Politics with Harry McGee There have been moments in the past when the Mayor of Galway has made national headlines – and for vastly...
World of Politics with Harry McGee There have been moments in the past when the Mayor of Galway has made national headlines – and for vastly...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The inter-county goalkeeper who is most reminiscent of Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin might not actually be...
World of Politics with Harry McGee There was a documentary on TG4 a good while ago about the Honda 50 and how it became an icon in Ireland between...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly’s performance before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee was a little...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The Ryan Tubridy pay scandal has become the domestic story of the summer, giving politics a celebrity dimension....
World of Politics with Harry McGee I was in Galway on Friday for the second day of the Consultative Forum on International Security, organised by the...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Michael D Higgins has two years or so left of his presidency, and for an octogenarian politician, he shows little...
World of Politics with Harry McGee A strange thing happens to people who contest European elections. They are forgotten about – whether they win or...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Leo Varadkar once said that he would retire from politics at the age of 50. When he said it, my reaction was:...
World of Politics with Harry McGee I remember walking down the laneway at the back of our house in Glenard when I was 18, my head full of the...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Academically, politics is described as a science. But in the real world, it’s more of an art – and one of the...
World of Politics with Harry McGee I was cycling down Mount Street in Dublin on Tuesday. It’s a wide esplanade that links the Grand Canal with...
World of Politics with Harry McGee God that was a dramatic and historic weekend in England, wasn’t it? So much excitement, so much change, so much...
World of Politics with Harry McGee When I think of the role of Irish Presidents, what comes to mind is a line from Seamus Heaney’s epic poem Station...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The Ditch is an unusual creature on the Irish media landscape. It’s an investigative website which has...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Eaten bread is soon forgotten – and so are political ‘events’, whether they are hugely positive or critically...
World of Politics with Harry McGee In the early days of the European Economic Community, Ireland had 22 MEPs. When we first joined in 1973, they were...
Sinn Féin has positioned itself as a classic populist, left-wing alternative to the establishment parties. Across developed democracies in Europe,...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Three US presidents are featured in the news cycle this week, one of them for very different reasons. The first is...
World of Politics with Harry McGee For a period of 30 years between 1981 and 2016 – with a small break in the eighties – Labour held a seat in...
World of Politics with Harry McGee An Opposition party is a bit like an invading army trying to surmount the defences of a seemingly impregnable...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The last local elections in May 2019 were dominated by the story of a big swing; nothing to do with the voting...
There is strong cross-party support for the significant expansion of a scheme where the State buys homes from landlords to avoid a sudden spike in...
World of Politics with Harry McGee In 1980s Galway, we teenagers thought we were different as we listened to U2, wore Smiths badges on our lapels, and...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said there is a deficit of 250,000 homes in the country at present and accepted it will take a long time to resolve the...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Opinion polls are like popcorn; nothing really too substantial or nutritious in there, but you can’t help...
A Government Minister who has been subjected to personal online sexual abuse has said “bullies” responsible for harassing women TDs are having a...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The life of a politician is not an easy one, especially if you are a rural TD. Your life is spent traipsing up and...
Former minister of state Robert Troy who resigned last year after failing to fully declare his interests, has included his ownership of two additional...
The Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae has included a contract for supply of accommodation to Ukrainian refugees in his returns to the Register of Interests...
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has been in the throes of a civil war for 18 months, with divisions between the board and the executive, differences of...
A group which monitors the activities of far-right groups in Ireland has said that digital platforms have become the key mechanism for driving...
World of Politics with Harry McGee The 1937 Constitution is in many ways a fine document, but it is a creature of its time. There are loads of glaring...
World of Politics with Harry McGee It’s now 25 years ago since I first reported on the tensions associated with people arriving to reside in Ireland...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Once upon a time there was a constituency called Galway South. And until 1961 there was the constituency of Galway...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Once Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago, the Government prepared for a large number of refugees to arrive in...
World of Politics with Harry McGee When the law finally caught up with Al Capone, it was not for organised crime, or for boot-legging – it was for...
World of Politics with Harry McGee This is the story of two Fahys from East Galway. Both were involved in politics. One was a priest; the other a...
World of Politics with Harry McGee As we begin a new year here are ten things to look out for in politics in 2023 – with the perennial sporting...
World of Politics with Harry McGee Journalism is not the most upbeat profession in the world. Our stock-in-trade is bad news – of the...