Sinn Féin Off Target on the #Border
This column first appeared on broadsheet.ie Feb 26, 2019/02/26 There was a time when Sinn Féin was the master of targeting. It used to know to aim its attacks and not to waste its time or resources....
View ArticlePolitical polling now part of the entertainment industry?
This Broadsheet.ie column appeared online on April 30th, 2019 Over the Bank Holiday weekend, two Sunday newspapers published political polls. They were detailed. They were professionally conducted. But...
View ArticleA Sad Tale Of Two Leaders from #LE2019
This is my Broadsheet.ie analysis of the 2019 Local Election results (this first appeared on May 28th). Here I set out why the results brought bad news for the leaders of both Sinn Féin and Fine Gael....
View ArticlePolling mays and may nots
This column appeared on Broadsheet.ie on Sept 17th 2019 and followed the latest Red C poll which showed the two main parties neck and neck and on a combined total of 57%. At the 2016 general election...
View ArticleDigital campaign wars and warm lettuce
This column first appeared on Broadsheet on Nov 4th, 2019 and looked at the weekend Fine Gael digital attack on Fianna Fáil which backfired badly and ended weak. Being active on social media is not the...
View ArticleMooney’s money: #BE19 punditry and some thoughts
This column first appeared on Broadsheet.ie on Monday Nov. 25 – 4 days before polling in the by-elections in Cork North Central, Wexford, Dublin Fingal and Dublin Mid-West. Here I predict two wins for...
View ArticleStick a fork in @FineGael in #Ge2020
I wrote this #GE2020 analysis for Broadsheet.ie with less than two weeks of campaigning to go. I look at four key sets of data from the four national polls published at this point and conclude that...
View ArticleWhen Campaigns Go Wrong #GE2020
I wrote this piece on Sunday Feb 2nd and it appeared on Broadsheet.ie on Monday Feb 3rd. It was written in the immediate wake of a series of national opinion polls showing Fine Gael slipped further...
View ArticleGovernment formation options narrow to just three… if not two. Is #GE2020(2)...
This analysis piece appeared on Broadsheeton Monday Feb 24 2020. It looks back over the political developments of the previous week and attempts to look forward to where the government process will end...
View ArticleIt’s as if someone didn’t want the era of #FakeNews to end
In my latest Broadsheet.ie column I look at the recent I look at the spate of misinformation on Óglaigh na hÉireann / Irish Defence Forces mobilisation etc and ask if these are all just sick pranks or...
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