Labour to run two in Galway West

If Michael D Higgins runs in the next General Election he will do so with a running mate as Labour look set to run two candidates in Galway West.

Labour has overcome its long aversion to fielding two in the constituency and it is likely that young city councillor Derek Nolan will be joining the veteran politician on the ticket.

The new Fianna Fáil in Galway

A recently constructed report on the state of the Fianna Fáil organisation in urban areas throughout Ireland told party members something many already knew - cumann are largely inactive or non-existent in cities and large towns.

This, coupled with the near wipe out of Fianna Fáil city councillors in the last local elections, provides sobering lessons for a leadership that is facing the reality that the once invincible party machine may now be prone to extinction.

Political football - politics and the World Cup

The beautiful game and the world’s second oldest profession have often collided, colluded, and clashed on the big stage of the World Cup, so as the current tournament continues in South Africa, Talking Politics takes a politically slanted look at the competition’s history.

Uruguay 1930: Uruguay hosted and won the first World Cup. In recognition of the national team beating Argentina 4-2 in the final, the Uruguayan government declared the day after a public holiday and gave each of the team players a new house.

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