Aren’t we all adults? If somebody is willing to spend €415 on a concert ticket to hear songs that have been on the radio for thirty years, shouldn’t they have that right?
You might argue – might – that €350,000 is an amount of money that should be below the notice of Ministers, but you’d be making an argument that only an idiot should believe.
“A home of your own” amounts to an enormous public works programme in a sector of the economy already boasting full employment.
Our céad míle fáilte is not some uniquely Irish thing that foreigners wouldn’t understand: It’s just the Irish word for Wilkommenskultur. That didn’t help the Germans, and it won’t help us, either.
At every step along the way, Irish Governments over the last decade or more have pursued – consciously and with foreknowledge – a policy of higher energy costs.
Despite all the best efforts of politicians, journalists, authors, and cultural figures to show the world that Ireland has changed, the world refuses to much notice, or care.
The Mayor was happily photographed with a whole series of free willies, while – perhaps subconsciously – keeping his own paws strategically placed to protect his own:
There’s a certain cultural snobbery at play towards chaps from Newcastle with St. Georges Flag tattoos on their bellies who like to get drunk on beer and sing rude songs about the Germans.
We know, because we live in a world where 80% of American men are circumcised, that the procedure does no lasting harm to the human body’s ability to function.
Our immigration policy means that there are actually now 4,700 fewer Irish people in Ireland paying taxes and contributing to the economy.
Tweaking the levy and how it is applied to force the banks to become more competitive is something the Government should look at, but don’t hold your breath.
All most of these people want is reasonable limits on immigration, and more homes for their own kids. And there isn’t a candidate in the land with a shot at taking power who is willing to offer that formulation.