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Ireland is planning to take twice as many Ukrainian refugees than France and the United States, despite those countries having populations – and economies – orders of magnitude larger than Ireland’s. The most recent estimate from the Irish Government is that Ireland may accommodate 200,000 displaced Ukrainians, as the war in that country shows no […]
Supply chain chaos
As recently as October of last year, eco socialist TD Paul Murphy of People Before Profit was urging the government to cull the national herd for environmentalist reasons. Murphy insisted that Ireland’s national herd “absolutely has to be cut if we are to meet our climate targets.” Far-left TD Paul Murphy has insisted that Ireland’s […]
A senior minister has said that Ireland is preparing to receive up to 200,000 Ukrainian refugees – ten times the number originally projected. The comments were made on RTÉ Radio’s Morning Ireland by Fianna Fáil Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue TD, who said that Ireland had no choice but to “reach out to those of our […]
“Now is the time when things are shifting.”
A few weeks ago, when the Irish government announced a tax cut for fuel, they made a claim which was such a stretch that future generations of elastic bands should study it for tips. Responding to the ongoing energy crisis, Fine Gael Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said “The causes of these price pressures are not […]
If the world was a secondary school, and governments were its students, modern Ireland would be the insecure, sycophantic nerd who gets picked last for games, bumped into lockers, and victimised by noogies and atomic wedgies on a daily basis. Amid the ongoing energy crisis, with fuel and electricity prices surging to unsustainable levels, many […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that a nuclear war is now “back within the realm of possibility.” The comments come as Russia has once against raised the alert of its nuclear forces amid their ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “Raising the alert of Russian nuclear forces is a bone-chilling development,” Guterres said this week. “The […]
Bord Gáis has announced a huge incoming price hike for electricity and gas bills in the coming month amid the ongoing energy crisis. According to the company, consumers face a 27% increase in the average electricity bill, and a 39% increase in the average gas bill from April 15th. This will represent an increase of […]
Last week, you may have heard that some Big Tech sites are explicitly allowing users to not only call for the deaths of Russian troops and politicians, but to praise actual violent neo-nazis as long as they’re fighting against Russia. Bear in mind: you can totally oppose Putin, his invasion, and the actions of Russia, […]
French Border Police, Spanish National police and Europol have cooperated to bust a criminal enterprise engaged in forging and distributing fake IDs and EU travel documents. After raiding houses across France and Spain, 17 individuals were arrested – three in France and 14 in Spain. Cash, fake IDs and counterfeiting equipment was seized during the […]
In the past couple of years, do you ever get the feeling that Ireland has just lurched from one blinding panic to another like a cat on a hot tin roof? If so, you definitely aren’t imagining it. Don’t get me wrong: basically every country on earth freaked out about Covid and was hurt by […]
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