Elaine Byrne, May 18 2011 in The Times (behind paywall)

Interview in the Financial Times, May 20 2011 by David Gardner and John Murray Brown

Elaine Byrne, Sunday Business Post, 22 May 2011 ‘‘My elder brother’s gone, poetry is daunted; A stave of the barrel is smashed and the wall of learning broken’’ Garret was a political pioneer who didn’t always get it right, but made it his life’s work to improve political and social conditions in Ireland, writes Dr Elaine [...]

Elaine Byrne: What incentive is there for a government to introduce changes that may allow for the possibility of exposing itself to unprecedented scrutiny? The Sunday Times Published: 24 April 2011 Since his election as taoiseach almost 50 days ago, Enda Kenny has officially received two devastating critiques on the administration of power in contemporary Ireland. His [...]

Elaine Byrne: There is apparently no room in Irish public discourse for any criticism of Europe. Instead, it seems, we should be grateful for their guidance The Sunday Times Published: 17 April 2011 Buried deep in the BBC website is an entry entitled “common Irish slang”. This guide for would-be British visitors to Ireland helpfully [...]