Now it's official: "Ireland needs a new right wing party".

Agreed , it's wholly about immigration, from rich to poor , Irish people love big government

Sounds like a simplistic Americanism, that adds nothing to political discourse in the sane world. It means all manner of things including belief in a public healthcare system and government led affordable housing.

They all practice it to some degree but the most wholeheartedly woke party are the Soc Dems, closely followed by Labour and the Greens

Woke is hard to define but like many things, you know it when you see it , bit like art

On matters of the economy things have drifted so far to the right that what we have now is considered normal. There is very little further we could go right in economic terms without attacking all forms of welfare ( which would be a disaster to sell to the public despite what some imagine). What we have have economically is why we have so many social problems. More right wing economic policies would only make the social situation more unstable. Welfare is only there to ensure long term social stability and an attack on it would pivot the country into a very dangerous state - fortunately no sensible political part fails to understand this so only an extreme right wing party would precipitate such a social crisis.

Unfortunately the only way to address many of our social issues is some form of shift to a more interventionist model.

The whole social conservative agenda is another matter - but ultimately a vote loser since Ireland had become very socially liberal as a reaction to the history of social conservatism under Catholic Ireland.

No easy answers and a populist right wing party will certainly not solve anything.

in the USA or Australia, mainstream news reeporters will call you 'woke' or a 'libtard' if you care about the environment, want public health care or want affordable housing. It's a catch all used by early school leavers in places with substandard education who are only capable of all or nothing, black/white, yes/no thinking.

The Irish economy has been outperforming all our European peers for years now.

And yet the actual cost of living and purchasing power of the Irish family has been eroded. The focus on economy and "the numbers go up" over people's actual quality of life is what has led us to this point in the first place.

No , it's a catch-all for folks who prioritise issues like gender or gender identity over traditional socialist political concerns

They (He) no pun intended claims that Aontu is socially conservative with centre left economics, that's opposed to abortion.
Kind of an oxymoron. But also kind of isn't.

I support socially inclusive policies (to an extent).
I think public services should stay public and never be privatised, (but they should be managed carefully).
I believe in people being allowed to make a mistake once, make it twice though and you pay the penalty no matter how harsh it is.
I think you are mostly responsible for you and the world owes you nothing, (I've done ok, I come from nothing. A lot of lads I went to school with are dead… that's the kind of area I come from).
I think religious beliefs along with sexual orientation and gender identification have absolutely no place in the the work place. There are places/events for those things (IE Pride is about LGBTQ, Communion/Confirmation is about Religion or indeed your own home for your own beliefs) Work is work, I'm their to work, not for culture/social stuff.

I don't feel there are any political parties that represent my views.

Wokey woke libtards allowing all these Mexicans across our borders. Make Ireland Great Again/Eirexit. Usually funded by groups outside of Ireland. Usually with Irish name so if you don't support them then you are not REALLY Irish.

But who is stopping these parties? If people want them then they will vote for them. If they are not voted in then the party will have to accept that they did not speak for people who did not vote for them

The state gets in the way of almost every aspect of the economy here , especially with regards construction

Left to their own devices private industry will do whatever pays the most. Up until 3 years ago the only things been constructed were offices for that very reason. The state has to have oversight and control of national objectives.

That's a good definition, thanks. Now I get it.

So if someone is heavily invested in, say, transgender rights and highly vocal in, say, calling for people like JK Rowling to be cancelled, then they would be an exemplar of 'wokeism'?

(tbh, people like that seem irrelevant when it comes to serious issues and should just be ignored - as should the people calling them 'wokeist' in a derogatory way)

Privatisation is hardly a new thing. You seem to be complaining about something that happened 3 or 4 decades ago in most cases. Maybe update your list of grievances. 😏

On health, despite having the youngest population in Western Europe, we have the fourth highest spend per head. So I don't see health as an economic issue - I see it as a health policy issue.

Privatisation is the loadstone of right wing politics and it's still going on.

All health spending ultimately gets funnelled through private companies, which is why our spending is so high and our results so poor.

I certainly don't want wholesale nationalization - but empirically some service are better and cheaper when offered by the state.

Your perfectly illustrating my point - right wing ecomic dogma is now considered the norm. They won and we are suffering in many areas as a consequence.