The bad news just keeps coming for RTE.
This new venture should be welcomed onto the scene. But those of us who do wish it well should also temper our expectations.
Blabbering nonsense in our national parliament demeans us all.
In such an environment, the argument for public funding of RTE will get weaker over time, not stronger.
One of the foundational blocks of conservatism, as an ideology, is the notion that human nature is unchanging.
It’s a strange country, where people hold Ole Gunnar Solskjaer to a higher standard of competence than they hold people who receive millions of euros in taxpayer funding.
What happened in Clare yesterday was a mistake.
How do I know, for example, that a promise from Eoin O’Broin is impossible to keep? The simple answer is “maths”.
Ireland, as a neutral country, would presumably abhor the idea of enforcing international laws by force.
The law passed by the Oireachtas is now being interpreted by An Bord Pleanála to mean something that it’s highly unlikely the Oireachtas intended to be the effect of its legislation.
After all, if Tubridy was expendable, why wouldn’t they be?
The EU would be taking on immense obligations, for no clear benefit in return.