The Small Firms Association, which seeks to represent Irish small businesses, tells Gript ahead of the budget that in recent years businesses have been hit with an “avalanche of regulation”.
Robert Tyler of New Direction says that the West needs to be “confident” and “stand up” for it’s “values” against those who would welcome it’s decline.
Recently Taoiseach Simon Harris and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said that there’s a link between housing issues, homelessness and immigration. Minister Roderic O’Gorman pushed back on this notion, but refused to outright say his colleagues were wrong.
Independent Ireland Leader Michael Collins TD says his party is ready for a general election, with candidates at the ready. He also addresses the Ciaran Mullooly controversy, and explains how he would avoid being dominated by a bigger party in a coalition government.
“Let’s cover everybody’s ass!…But for the people pulling up the cash, we have no respect for them”: Independent TD Marc MacSharry grills members of the OPW over the infamous Leinster House bike shed, and the agency’s general use of taxpayer funds.
“You’re really not being clear, Minister. I’m asking you a simple question.”
Gardaí say suspect in Dublin car theft where baby girl was in rear of vehicle is “best described” as “a white middle aged male”.
House of Lords member Daniel Hannan says “aggressive identity politics” is the “biggest” challenge facing the Western civilisation.
Asked when he thinks the general election will take place, Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said, “I don’t think it matters.”
“We want to reduce unplanned pregnancies in the country” – Health Minister Stephen Donnelly responds to criticism over his proposal to offer the contraceptive pill free to 16 year old girls.
John O’Sullivan says ‘Liberalism’ which “attempts to enforce ‘liberal’ opinions” is not genuine liberalism.
BREAKING: In a highly unusual intervention, Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl slams the cost of the Leinster House Bike shelter as “an embarrassment”, and says he will be seeking answers from the OPW.