>>Eoin Drea from the centre right Wilfried Martens think tank in Brussels lamented the failure to articulate a vision of Irish policy reflecting his own priorities ……… he outlined the benefits his child receives from public social care services where he lives in Belgium; but he got nowhere when he tried to insert a publicly funded social care system in a Fine Gael policy group.
Ireland is a European outlier in lots of ways. It has never had a far-right or fascist movement or political party of any size or significance. Also, it has never had a left-wing or socialist party in government. (Though some have been junior partners in coalitions).
One of those things looks set to change as Sinn Féin, a left wing party is now the largest party. If they go into government, they will almost inevitably be in coalition with a centre-right party; so i’m not sure they can change things that Eoin Drea mentions here all that much.
As my ex used to say, “All Fianna Fáil supporters this way!”.
I’m not sure why the article conflated NATO membership with becoming more EU and less England centric. The EU has greatly helped Ireland, the UK has and is a pox on the land.
I do agree more language studies, more public investment in a social net (remember the Exodus of the 80s), and removing Ireland’s status as a tax haven for global entities would benefit everyone. England needs to be isolated as they wished.
> Eoin Drea from the centre right Wilfried Martens think tank in Brussels … outlined the benefits his child receives from public social care services where he lives in Belgium; but he got nowhere when he tried to insert a publicly funded social care system in a Fine Gael policy group.
Lol. Some r/selfawarewolves right there.
No one loves left wing policies more than right wing conservatives after left-wing parties have implemented them.
The insistence on compulsory Irish language classes for the entirety of time in school up to college severely impacts on Ireland’s foreign language learning.
> but it is caught between the neoliberal northern European Hanseatic model and the deeper fiscal one of southern states led by France – which does it prefer?
I thought by now it is clear Ireland is firmly in the Hanseatic camp.
Ireland has not been in a better position than now for a very long time. Ireland is united in all but name, they have the european continent backing them up so the english can’t bully them anymore. As the uk declines further Ireland will continue to pull ahead.
oh it knows its a fucking tax haven. but loves to forget it.
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>>Eoin Drea from the centre right Wilfried Martens think tank in Brussels lamented the failure to articulate a vision of Irish policy reflecting his own priorities ……… he outlined the benefits his child receives from public social care services where he lives in Belgium; but he got nowhere when he tried to insert a publicly funded social care system in a Fine Gael policy group.
Ireland is a European outlier in lots of ways. It has never had a far-right or fascist movement or political party of any size or significance. Also, it has never had a left-wing or socialist party in government. (Though some have been junior partners in coalitions).
One of those things looks set to change as Sinn Féin, a left wing party is now the largest party. If they go into government, they will almost inevitably be in coalition with a centre-right party; so i’m not sure they can change things that Eoin Drea mentions here all that much.
As my ex used to say, “All Fianna Fáil supporters this way!”.
I’m not sure why the article conflated NATO membership with becoming more EU and less England centric. The EU has greatly helped Ireland, the UK has and is a pox on the land.
I do agree more language studies, more public investment in a social net (remember the Exodus of the 80s), and removing Ireland’s status as a tax haven for global entities would benefit everyone. England needs to be isolated as they wished.
> Eoin Drea from the centre right Wilfried Martens think tank in Brussels … outlined the benefits his child receives from public social care services where he lives in Belgium; but he got nowhere when he tried to insert a publicly funded social care system in a Fine Gael policy group.
Lol. Some r/selfawarewolves right there.
No one loves left wing policies more than right wing conservatives after left-wing parties have implemented them.
The insistence on compulsory Irish language classes for the entirety of time in school up to college severely impacts on Ireland’s foreign language learning.
> but it is caught between the neoliberal northern European Hanseatic model and the deeper fiscal one of southern states led by France – which does it prefer?
I thought by now it is clear Ireland is firmly in the Hanseatic camp.
Ireland has not been in a better position than now for a very long time. Ireland is united in all but name, they have the european continent backing them up so the english can’t bully them anymore. As the uk declines further Ireland will continue to pull ahead.
oh it knows its a fucking tax haven. but loves to forget it.