If you just missed it go to @rteone.rte.ie +1 or the #RTEPlayer and watch this charming documentary on this gentle man of music: Tommy Sands: Clann an Cheoil. Honoured to have spent many happy hours in his company in Rostrevor and elsewhere

My final #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast for #2025. I look at a most consequential (but messy) year. I assess government and opposition performed and conclude with a league table of the newly elected TDs politicians who've impressed open.spotify.com/episode/1tCg...

Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for Dec 28th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/12/27/i...

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Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for 2026

In my penultimate #MooneyOnPolitics of 2025, I unpack the fallout from @fiannafailparty.bsky.social #Áras25 review and why I can’t see An #Taoiseach lasting through 2026 (nor why it’d suit anyone if he did). 🎧 Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/m...

Irish Sunday newspapers #frontpages – Dec 21 [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/12/20/i...

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My comments from Tuesday night’s Tonight Show on Virgin Media TV Here are my comments during last Tuesday night's panel discussion about the turmoil within Fianna Fáil. You can also watch the full 20 minute discussion here 

Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for Dec 14 [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/12/13/i...

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Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - Dec 7th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/12/07/i...

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In this episode of the #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast I consider the impact on govt stability of the departure of @Paschald and wonder why @MichealMartinTD now questions the linear nature of time... why a delay is not a delay... open.spotify.com/episode/5Jgc...

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Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Nov 9th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/11/09/i...

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In this #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast episode I address why @fiannafailparty TDs are about evenly split on @MichealMartinTD' future with "unsure" camp in single digits and why a Martin departure timeline stretching to 2027/28 damages electoral prospects open.spotify.com/episode/2Us3...

Listen to my latest #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast The spin that a move against Martin needs a challenger is contrary to the rules that @MichealMartinTD himself introduced... rules meant to ensure there could never be a spill (i.e. heave). open.spotify.com/episode/6hOi...

Listen to my latest #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast The spin that a move against Martin needs a challenger is contrary to the rules that @MichealMartinTD himself introduced... rules meant to ensure there could never be a spill (i.e. heave). open.spotify.com/episode/6hOi...

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My analysis of the ongoing turmoil and tumult within @fiannafailparty.bsky.social as delivered on @news.rte.ie @rteone.rte.ie

Catch my latest (very short) #MooneyOnPolitics #Podcast - features some post #Aras25 comments and a please to drop the term "heave" and use "spill" instead. Find the podcast here: open.spotify.com/episode/7kAe...

Irish sunday newspaper #frontpages - Oct 26 [Updated] #Aras25 derekmooney.ie/2025/10/25/i...

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The Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - October 19th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/10/18/t...

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Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for October 12th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/10/11/i...

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Derek responds to @LeoVaradkar criticism of Taoiseach @MicheálMartinTD A clip of my appearance on the BBC Radio Ulster Talkback show where I joined Aoife Moore, Gregory Campbell MP and DUP founder Wallace Thompson to discuss Varadkar's assertion that Martin is putting up an "artificial barrier" to…

Just off BBC radio ulster discussing comments by @leovaradkartd.bsky.social on the #borderland #podcast I rarely defend #michealmartin, but even I feel accusing him of putting up an "artificial barrier" to a referendum on #unity is unfair and excessive www.bbc.com/news/article...

If, by appearing on the @news.rte.ie, @MichealMartinTD had intended to quell any hint of unrest or disquiet within the @fiannafailparty.bsky.social, the actual impact was to do the opposite. This was not the appearance of a leader at the peak of his authority

I was on @rteradio1.bsky.social earlier speaking about the dire #aras2025 #aras25 debacle facing #AnTaoiseach and @fiannafailparty.bsky.social t.co/X7OXQV1vBM

I was on @newstalkfm.bsky.social #PatKenny show along with @garymurphy.bsky.social to discuss what’s happening in @fiannafailparty.bsky.social and #Aras2025 TL;DR while folks focus on process issues such as vetting… the real problem is with political judgement and leadership shown t.co/zoQCAYn4Gs

A quick #MooneyOnPolitics #Podcast update on the state of the #aras2025 race… open.spotify.com/episode/7vEs...

There are many takeaways from today’s @TheSundayIndo poll… for me it is the Munster effect, as explained by @kevcunningham in his analysis. The big test now is whether @MichealMartinTD can parlay his personal popularity into Munster votes for @gavinforthearas…

Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - October 5th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/10/04/i...

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🧵 My take on the #Aras2025 Presidential race in week one: 1/ There is an anger out there. But it’s not the anger of the extremes. It’s a centrist anger. The frustration of voters who’d usually back FF, FG, Lab… but now see these parties as rudderless and shallow.

Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for Sept 28 [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/09/27/i...

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I spoke with @BBCnews @BBCradioulster on Thursday about the current state of the #Aras2025 3-horse-race

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Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages for Sept 14th [Updated] derekmooney.ie/2025/09/14/i...