The political establishment in this country is an accessory to the crimes of the banking elite by making ordinary people not the bondholders suffer the losses. Fianna Fail are up to their necks in the banking crisis.

Fianna Fail TD Frank Fahey has confirmed his nomination for the General Election. He has publicised that he is holding a public meeting at The Clayton Hotel, Briarhill area of Galway City at 8pm on Monday 17th January to address the citizens on the economic crisis and explain the government's handling of the situation. However, he makes no mention of an apology as a member of the government that has bankrupt the country.

Brian Cowen’s “morning after” interview on RTE’s flagship news programme Morning Ireland and the political circus of claim and counter claim that followed highlights one salient fact: that the political class in this country are completely disconnected to the harsh realities that the country currently faces.

There were minor scuffles outside the Ardilaun Hotel in Galway on Monday after a group of protesters gathered to 'greet' Fianna Fail politicians attending the party's annual pre-Dail think-in.

The latest Irish Times/MRBI polls shows that only 17 percent of the electorate support Fianna Fail, but Brian Cowen says he will stay in office until 2012, backed up by the Greens.

The lies of the FF-Green government are coming unstuck.
When public outrage grew about the €1.5 million pension top-up for Bank of Ireland chief, Ritchie Boucher, Brian Cowen told the Dail that there was ‘nothing he could do’. A few days later, it was revealed that his finance Minister Brian Lenehan had sanctioned the pay out!

‘Take the hard medicine now and you’ll be rewarded when
the economy booms again in the very near future.’--this is the argument advanced by the government and its economist
gurus, writes Kieran Allen.

In a social crisis, there is often a yearning for a ‘strong
man’ – a stern father figure who takes ‘tough decisions’ for the good of all. Brian Lenihan has been chosen for that role. But he’s not
just ‘tough’. He’s a saint, and his canonisation has been in the making for
some time, writes Kieran Allen

Bryce Evans reviews UCD political scientist Tom Garvin's recent biography 'Judging Lemass'

Bertie Aherne arrived at Eason's in Galway City centre to a crowd shouting "Shame" and "Jail corrupt politicians" whilst they held placards and shook fists of money at him.