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:
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 […]