All posts by Michael Sceilg

Will We see a Sinn Féin Lurch to the ‘Right’ Post-Election?

Around this time last year, I had a conversation with a Sinn Féin TD in Dublin.  This TD has been a party member for decades. He isn’t a Johnny-come-lately or some eccentric who somehow ended up in the Dáil in...

/ 11/11/2024

Parochialism vs. Populism: What Next For the Rural Independent Group?

A video published by Gript on April 12th, interviewed independent TDs Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins on the idea of a new party that would put “Ireland first” and speak up for rural communities which have been left behind.  Undoubtedly...

/ 20/04/2023