Organisers say another wave of widespread demonstrations is very likely, warning that the state is failing ordinary citizens while actively reaping record tax revenues from fuel sales.
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin boasts that “no Government” in Europe has done as much as the Irish Government to help ordinary people with the cost of living.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says that people have a right to protest against US President Donald Trump when he visits Ireland, but that it is “important” that they are “respectful” when doing so.
Ben Scallan recently discussed Portugal’s burka ban and Simon Harris’ comments about people forgetting the value of human life on TippFM’s “Tipp Today” programme with Fran Curry.
Dr. Matt Treacy talks about joining the IRA, Libyan arms shipments, going on the run for years in safehouses, doing prison time with gangsters of Martin Cahill (a.k.a. ‘The General’), and more. A Walk on Part in a War https://amzn.eu/d/0fw440UP WATCH FULL:
The father of Grace Lynch has criticised the government’s newly announced Garda pursuit training following the fatal M9 collision, warning that the measure is “probably too little too late for families, including my own”.
“Dodgy accounting”: Economist Cormac Lucey tells Ben Scallan that Ireland’s national debt is up to 5 times higher than official figures indicate, because of the way pension costs are recorded.
Interview with international crime expert Chris Dalby
In a wide-ranging interview, Waterford historian John Crotty debunks myths about the origins of the Irish tricolour, Ireland’s alleged treatment of Jewish people historically, Irish neutrality, and more.
“Apparently it’s a prerequisite to being a politician that you know nothing about anything.”
Amid recent wildfires, France’s Prime Minister says that 90% of fires are caused by humans, and that over 160 people have been arrested nationwide this month on suspicion of arson. Ben Scallan comments.