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    • Blair defined the agenda of his age

      The Blair mantra may have been "education, education, education" but his political legacy will long be associated with "Iraq, Iraq, Iraq". Yet there was much more to this remarkable career than the association with Bush, man and project, that came to sour perceptions of him. p

    • Political funding

      Complaints by the Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) about the way the 1997 Electoral Act on political funding has been emasculated are nothing new. But the Green Party, which campaigned in the election for the abolition of corporate funding, may be in a position to do something. It is a long shot, given Fianna Fáil's visceral response to financial controls. But reform is urgently needed if the integrity and fairness of our political system is to be protected. p
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    • Taking power from the people

      The manner in which the Green Party decided two weeks ago to join Fianna Fáil in Government was almost charming. Almost charming because of how unusual it is for parties to permit their members to have any say in major decisions, for parties to be democratic, writes Vincent Browne . p

    • Ireland may not be Brown priority

      Ireland-Britain relations have never been better. Underlying dynamics should ensure continued harmony, but for Ireland, Gordon Brown will not be as good a prime minister as Tony Blair, predicts Dan O'Brien . p

    • Parties pay lip-service to rules on donations

      It is time to toughen the law making political parties declare financial donations, argues Elaine Byrne . p
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    • An Irishman's Diary

      Until a few days ago, the last time I had visited Cobh was the night in 1996 when the then minister for finance, Ruairí Quinn, went live on the six o'clock news to announce the closure of Irish Steel, writes Frank McNally . p
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