Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

“PERHAPS THE greatest thing about Enda is that he is not a god, but one of us, a real flesh-and-blood man.”

But it’s an easy mistake to make.

Meanwhile – hadn’t you heard? – we all partied:

“The past three years, by contrast with the Tiger decade, have seen the emergence of a form of dystopianism, a reaction to the surging utopianism of the preceding period, combined with an incipient sense that it is only because of the flawed nature of its personnel that the political system failed to deliver the satisfactions we craved. We react with rage to the discovery that – surprise, surprise! – human beings are weak and flawed, and man-made systems have not made us safe and happy ever after.”

Prompting this response from IT reader Jim O’Sullivan:

‘…we created the illusion of a utopia by plundering the future’

“When are you going to stop being offensive by repeating this “we” nonsense.”We” plundered nothing. A government completely bought into the snake oil ideology that money grubbing is where it is at.
That you rowed in behind this nonsense and urged support for the same snake oil sellers is for you to come to terms with. Leave the rest of us out of it.”

Look To New Chief Not To Save Us But Inspire Us (Irish Times)

Painting by Oisin Roche

Meet Maire Whelan, the new government’s legal advisor and the first female attorney general in the history of the state.

Maire, a barrister from Kinvara, Galway, was chairwoman of the free legal aid service FLAC and is a protégé of of Michael D Higgins. So we’re guessing/hoping she might be the first progressive AG for a couple of decades. Maire also knows a thing or three about Nama having literally helped write the book (below).

It’s a rollicking read as you can imagine and makes an excellent weapon should an intruder come into your room at night. Maire’s now working on the much-anticipated sequel, Nama And The Deathly Hallows.

(Photocall Ireland)