Graham Neary is a financial commentator who has been a fund manager and analyst in the London financial markets. ***** The transport minister, Eamon Ryan who is also leader of the Green Party, it has

Dafydd Iwan is the former president of Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party. ***** Bertie Ahern, we are told, had been readmitted, to Fianna Fil. It might be better to use the term rehabilitated.

John Rentoul is the chief political commentator for the Independent. ***** Im pessimistic. I'm not naturally a pessimistic person, but I'm pessimistic. Maybe I'm getting older, maybe Im entering the

Jesse Spafford is a research fellow at Trinity College Dublin working on the project REAL - Rights and Egalitarianism. His research is focused on ethics and political philosophy with particular attent

Brooks Newmark was a British Conservative Party MP for the constituency of Braintree and is now a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford. ***** Ive got a proposal for tax reform. The idea is to ma

Brendan is the Labour Party TD for Wexford, and former party leader. ***** So, were talking about a war. Were talking about a war where a huge, nuclear-armed superpower, attacks a territory to its s

Eoin Murch was the political editor for Raidi na Gaeltachta. *****

Aoife Gallagheris a research analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author.

Aoife Gallagher is a research analyst for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and author. *****

Kellie Armstrong an Alliance party MLA for the Strangford constituency. ***** I saw a load of comments from commentators online, from talking heads on radio and TV, from people on Twitter, that the mo