So George Lee has resigned.  No doubt this will fill newspaper columns and blog posts with analysis of what this means for Fine Gael, Enda Kenny (will he be pushed?, the Government and, of course, George.  So far the one question that has not been answered - and not raised much either - is:  what [...]

Dr. Garret Fitzgerald is not impressed with the notion that if the majority of legislators believe that Government proposals are wrong or misguided, they should vote against them. No, according to the good Doctor, whatever legislators think of Government policy, whether on NAMA or public expenditure cuts, they should just bite their lip and support [...]

There’s a certain notion in the air that an election is near inevitable now. And, in one sense hasn’t that always been the case. But, it is correct that the chances of an election this year are better now than they have been. So, with that in mind what are the rumours swirling about out [...]

Like many people, when I heard that George Lee had been recruited by Fine Gael to stand in the Dublin South by-election I thought that was it - game, set, match. After all, he’s George Lee, tutor of the nation. So, when I saw that George Lee had penned an article in the Evening Herald [...]

After Fine Gael announced its recent FairCare proposals for health service reform I contacted ILR contributor Dr. Gerry Burke, consultant obstetrician & gynaecologist in Limerick’s Regional and Maternity Hospitals and a vociferous campaigner against co-location to see what he thought of the proposals. I first asked him if the proposals would help improve patient outcomes [...]

The three opposition parties, Sinn Fein, Fine Gael and now Labour have each published their proposals for economic recovery. In each case the emphasis has been on job creation, some form of stimulus and an attempt to restructure the economy to replace the previous over reliance on construction and property development.
Over on the progressive economy@tasc [...]

I don’t say this very often but here goes.  Fine Gael has put forward a very positive proposal regarding the banking crisis; and once teased out (and implemented) could see us jump free of this particular crisis and back on the road to economic activity (one crisis down, 99 to go).  Fine Gael?  Well, a good idea [...]