How does one car making ten journeys emit less carbon than ten cars making one journey each?
They rob you twice, arguably three times, and most of us do not even notice.
The people of Donegal deserve their full redress, and the rest of us need to start asking, more loudly, where the consequences are for those who failed Donegal, and failed the country in the process.
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has partially blamed low winds for the power shortage – even as his government moves to increase Ireland’s reliance on wind power. Speaking in the Dáil this week, the Fine Gael leader re-iterated what we all know – that “there is a short-term immediate risk to the supply of electricity.” He said […]
Locals ignored on Kevin Barry statute
Ivana Bacik has said that Covid proves “strong State intervention” is needed to tackle global issues “for the public good.” But “strong state intervention” is what gave us the longest and harshest lockdown in the EU, with a huge tax bill to boot. The remarks were made by the Labour TD in the Dáil yesterday […]
Reality not what is portrayed
On Thursday April 15th this year, Dr. Darina Flanagan of NPHET gave evidence to the High Court, in a case which challenged the legitimacy of Mandatory Hotel Quarantine. Her evidence was reported by the Irish Times under the headline: “Constitutional rights of women in mandatory quarantine breached, court told”
It should be a relatively straightforward principle that lawyers can not simultaneously represent both parties in a case. In this instance, the Attorney General’s day job is to represent the State. And his nixer is to represent Independent News and Media against the state
Name-calling, exclusion and feeling ignored
The future of Inner City Helping the Homeless (ICHH) seems to be in jeopardy.
Amidst a crime crisis, an electricity crisis, the likely loss of our keystone corporation tax rate, the aftermath of the longest lockdown in the western world, record waiting lists, record homelessness, and record house prices, it really comforts the soul to know that Ireland’s political leaders are focused on the issues that matter to each and every one of us: