Rewarding one group in this fashion was always going to be seen as providing an insult to other groups. Add to that that many private sector workers and business owners suffered greatly during the pandemic, suffering financial losses for “the cause”, and what you have is not a recipe for votes, but yet another political mess for the Government, entirely of its own making.
Thanksgiving as an Irish bank holiday is truly a brown-nosing, genuflecting gesture absolutely no one has ever asked for – not even Americans. But that didn’t deter our pals in Fine Gael from suggesting this shiny new way to further water down Irish culture. “Are you in favour of a Thanksgiving Bank Holiday on Monday, […]
Education and exams and standards are there for a reason.
Saying “I told you so” is a rather unpleasant trait in a person, but there are times when it cannot be avoided. Last week, on these pages, I wrote that: the Government can live with electricity blackouts if they only affect the hapless citizenry. Such blackouts can be blamed on other factors: Maintenance. The need […]
There’s also this to consider: If the 12.5% rate is not, as he claims, of vital importance to attracting multinational investment to Ireland, why haven’t we raised it to 15% ourselves, voluntarily, years ago?
Research never said religion “irrational”
This is the cost of lockdown that has gotten hardly any attention in Ireland.
in Ireland, opposition parties and the media live in mortal fear of being accused of “playing the race card”. Merely expressing scepticism of any policy in relation to immigration runs the very real risk of being called a racist.
The plebs who voted by a 80% majority are racist and awful, and the political elite are therefore working to overturn their wishes.
On paper, we had finally made the great escape from British rule but, in reality, we never really got away.
As part of its Pre-Budget Submission, the overseas development agency Trócaire has called on the government to continue to grow Ireland’s aid budget from €868 million to €2.5 billion by 2030. Such a striking increase would mean that the proportion of Ireland’s national income that was being set aside for foreign aid would rise […]
The huge tech corporations like Amazon, Google and Facebook account for over 20% of all permits issued.