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Minister Varadkar and the Fine Gael Leadership – thejournal.ie op-ed
31st May, 2017
On the day I declared my support for Leo Varadkar, as the person best placed to be the next Leader of Fine Gael and......
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Fine Gael remains dedicated to the Just Society – Irish Times op-ed
30th May, 2017
Declan Costello, the author of Fine Gael’s Towards a Just Society, was once a TD for the part of Dublin that I now represent. ......
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A year in minority Government and standing up for the political centre
8th May, 2017
While 2016 was a bad year for centrist politics, 2017 has given more hope for optimism. The Dutch and French elections, presaged by the......
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A hard future without a strong centre – Op ed for Sunday Independent
12th March, 2017
The debate about the leadership of Fine Gael should see everyone, not just the candidates, talk about the future of our party. What......
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Irish Times Review of Austerity & Recovery in Ireland, Europe’s Poster Child and the Great Recession
18th February, 2017
Edited by William K. Roche, Philip J. O’Connell and Andrea Prothero Oxford University Press, pp 346, 2017. I only have one good memory of......
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