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League Of Ireland Reform: Internal Club Issues

Posted on Feb 24, 2014 by NFB

The following is the third part of an article I had previously planned to be included in a Lovely Left Foot project, which has since not come to pass. With some rewriting to make the overall content more current (the bulk was … Continue reading →

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League Of Ireland Reform: FAI Oversight

Posted on Feb 17, 2014 by NFB

The following is the second part of an article I had previously planned to be included in a Lovely Left Foot project, which has since not come to pass. With some rewriting to make the overall content more current (the bulk was … Continue reading →

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League Of Ireland Reform: League Organisation

Posted on Feb 10, 2014 by NFB

The following is the first part of an article I had previously planned to be included in a Lovely Left Foot project, which has since not come to pass. With some rewriting to make the overall content more current (the … Continue reading →

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A Seanad Thought Experiment

Posted on Oct 10, 2013 by NFB

In the next while, at least until after the Zappone/Quinn bill has been rejected or amended into total irrelevancy by the Dail and Ireland’s political world gets back to the actual business of governing, you might hear a bit about … Continue reading →

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Constitutional Convention: Dail Electoral Reform

Posted on May 18, 2013 by NFB

Its constitutional convention time again, as “ccven” gears up for the first of two meetings to discuss the issue of Dail electoral reform. Seeing as how the convention will be taking two meetings to discuss this topic, I figured I … Continue reading →

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The Constitutional Convention

Posted on Nov 30, 2012 by NFB

So, the constitutional convention is upon us, meeting for the first time tomorrow, with the first “working” meeting coming in January. The words “constitutional convention” invoke images of political grandeur, of widescale reform and complicated meetings. I suppose you can … Continue reading →

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All-Ireland Changes

Posted on Oct 5, 2012 by NFB

So, another year of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship had come to an end. It’s time for some reflection. I really love hurling and the senior county variety, but the whole set up has problems that are really starting to … Continue reading →

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A Seanad Alternative

Posted on Mar 30, 2011 by NFB

The election campaign for the 10% of the Upper House that is elected trundles on, but the only news of note appears to be a spelling error on the actual forms and the cost of mailing those forms out to … Continue reading →

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Better Know A Micro-Party: Fis Nua

Posted on Jan 4, 2011 by NFB

Another new one. And this one seems oddly familiar… Name: Fis Nua Founded: 2010 Leader: None Representation: None Politically: Left-Centre Associated With: Pro-Environment, Pro-Political Reform, Pro-Housing Schemes, Pro Tax Reform, Pro Universal Health-Care, Anti-Fees, Anti-Corruption Notable Members: None Online: http://fisnua.com/ History … Continue reading →

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Better Know A Micro-Party: Irish Liberals

Posted on Dec 18, 2010 by NFB

One of the newer ones again – and not much to say. Name: Irish Liberal Party Founded: 2010 Leader: Unknown Representation: None Politically: Left Associated With: Anti-Big Government, Pro-Environment, Pro-Political, Social and Pension Reform, Pro-Tax Cuts, Pro-Free Market Notable Members: None … Continue reading →

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