InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Nov 19, 2024Dancing with the political starsAs I write on the morning of 18 November, counting is almost complete in the US presidential election. There remain seven states where the…
InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Jun 18, 2024Whither Sinn Féin?Our regular semi-annual temperature taking of the broader political scene in Ireland will be along soon.A response icon1A response icon1
Martin Burns·Jun 16, 2024The 2024 Local Irish Government and European Elections: What Really Happened?By Martin Burns
InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Jan 9, 2024Chariots for hire: Irish political prospects in 2024This time last year, Paddy Power was offering 1/5 against Sinn Féin winning the most seats in the next Irish general election. In other…
Wikaupmedia·Oct 11, 2023Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton struggling to pay medical bills as she battles rare condition…Former Olympics gymnastics star Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life” in the ICU as she battles pneumonia, according to her family.
InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Dec 13, 2022Proportional representation in Ireland — The sequelAs threatened during my last piece on the subject a few weeks ago, I am returning to Ireland’s system of proportional representation for…
InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Aug 2, 2022Howlin’ at the moon: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael should NOT have coalesced in 2020!On Friday, 15 July, The Irish Times published a dyspeptic piece of political commentary by Gerard Howlin. The headline conveys the TLDR…
InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Mar 23, 2022Sinn Féin’s past: amnesia, obfuscation and porky pies?Hitler’s Germany was conquered one metre at a time and every metre was fully contested by the German army even though the eventual outcome…
InthehighhorsebyDaire O'Criodain·Mar 2, 2022The mills of God grind faster than Ireland’s official processesNo, this piece is not about Ukraine, but that piece will come in time. The moulds of an old world have been broken in only a few days but…
