Irish journalism: Suffering from a serious malaise
By Anthony Sheridan A well-informed, objective media is one of the cornerstones of a healthy democracy. Journalists in a healthy democracy do not just report news and current affairs; they also have...
View ArticleRTEs Mary Wilson: A woman with some brain…
By Anthony Sheridan RTEs Mary Wilson was having great difficulty extracting from Fianna Fail’s Barry Cowen exactly what his party’s position was on water charges. Eventually, he said: We made a...
View ArticleCoveney and Varadkar: The battle of the balls
By Anthony Sheridan There are two reasons the water charges issue has blown up again. First, Coveney is very worried that Varadkar’s balls are growing bigger than his so it’s time to throw himself...
View ArticleRTE journalist Claire Byrne brings Fine Gael TD Alan Farrell to heel
By Anthony Sheridan RTE journalist and Bertie Ahern admirer Claire Byrne found herself having to deal with a very nasty situation at the weekend. The incident was so serious, so obnoxious that she...
View ArticleFianna Fail liars
By Anthony Sheridan This triumphant comment in Denis O’Brien’s newspaper tells us all we need to know about Fianna Fail’s betrayal and lies. Common sense has prevailed. And the comment below tells us...
View ArticleElaine Byrne: Failing to join up the dots on state corruption
By Anthony Sheridan State corruption is rampant in Ireland and does enormous damage to the country and its people. The disease of corruption originated from and still thrives within the political...
View ArticleElaine Byrne: Not speaking full truth to power
By Anthony Sheridan Corruption expert Elaine Byrne and two or her colleagues, Hugh O’Connell and Barry J Whyte, recently wrote an extensive piece on the failings of the Standards in Public Office...
View ArticleOrwell’s 1984 arrives in 2018 Ireland
By Anthony Sheridan Here are some quotes I’ve taken from Wikipedia’s description of the George Orwell dystopian novel ‘1984′. An environment of omnipresent government surveillance and public...
View ArticleWhy the establishment media is silent on O Cuiv’s rebellion
By Anthony Sheridan Sinn Fein’s decision to field a candidate to challenge the current President has wrecked the cosy arrangement between Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour to keep their man in the...
View ArticleElaine Byrne: Lacking moral courage to name names
By Anthony Sheridan Establishment commentator Elaine Byrne believes Mary Lou McDonald and her party are lacking in moral courage and are therefore unfit to govern. Sinn Fein does not deserve a pass...
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