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Michael Martin
Let me congratulate Michael Martin on his election as leader of Fianna Fail. He is a clever, thoughtful man who has succeeded in a party which does not always esteem thoughtfulness, and which...
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Corporate donations to parties simply not justifiable
Proposed changes to regulations governing political funding do not go far enough. THERE was justifiable concern when it was suggested that former property developers, people whose debts had become the...
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There is a tolerance within the system of the notion of corruption
I speak as both an insider and outsider in terms of the political process. I am an Independent Member and not associated with any political party. I have come in middle age to this part of my career...
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Speaking on the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments
The reality is that there is a perception, whether correct or not, that the practice of politics in this country is and has been for a long time somewhat corrupt, which is why the outbreak of rectitude...
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For Fine Gael to get in bed with Sinn Fein would be indefensible
[As published in The Sunday Independent on 9 November 2014] SF’s tainted past shows it exhausted all the alternatives to democracy before adopting it. Two recent radio interviews troubled me. Vincent...
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