World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com Politics is full of Seamus Darby moments. To understand this metaphor you have to go back 30 years....
World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com The by-election in Roscommon-South Leitrim at the weekend was a little strange. For one, the constituency itself is...
World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com We’ve all heard of pop-up exhibitions – but few have caused such hue and cry as the two-week...
World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com More than a quarter of a century ago there was a famous incident involving an equally famous BBC...
Autumn: a season of mists and Michael Noonan. Because, between now and the middle of October, we’ll see almost as much of that slightly world weary...
World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com Whenever anyone asks me to define an oxymoron, I reply: “A parliamentary party think-in”. I don’t know who...
World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com It’s hardly the Premier Division but politics is often described as if it were a sport. And the...
World of Politics with Harry McGee – harrymcgee@gmail.com There was a marked contrast between this week’s State Funeral for former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and the last...
