One of these days, my friends, Ireland will find itself facing a problem to which Paul Murphy’s answer will not be “seize all private property”. But it is not this day. Here he is, popping up on RTE’s Drive Time radio programme to advocate….. seizing hotels and turning them into Government prison camps quarantine facilities […]
Residential property prices have risen 3% across the Republic of Ireland in the year leading up to February, with homes outside of Dublin rising by almost 5%. According to the latest CSO figures, house prices in Dublin rose by 1.2%, while Dublin apartments rose by just under 1%. In south Dublin, costs increased by as […]
The Rural Independent TDs has sharply criticised the government for what it called its catastrophic failure to provide adequate cancer services across the public health system. “While the Health Minister obsesses on Twitter self-promotion – cancer patients survival rates go backwards, due to targeted government health services cuts,” the leader of the group Deputy Mattie […]
The NCADF say people arriving from countries on the green list of the EU Traffic System should not have to be tested or be quarantined.
“For the record, our client would again categorically and emphatically deny that she has had an affair with her driver and that her marriage is a sham.”
“The best option is the vaccine that’s offered to you, and all the vaccines are effective and they’re safe for the age groups they’re indicated for.”
Look, this has gone too far. In my case, taking a vaccine won’t be a problem. But trying to get me to carry something called a “digital green certificate”? You’d be mortified with the fear that people might confuse you with a supporter of Eamon Ryan and try to engage you in conversations about how […]
The Irish Fishing and Seafood Alliance (IFSA) has released a scathing open letter blasting the Minister for the Marine, Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McConalogue, and accusing him of “abandoning [his] constituents and the people of Ireland’s coastal regions.” The IFSA, which was founded in February of 2021, describes itself as “an organisation established to give […]
On the 200th day of workplace lockdown, Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín has criticised the growing economic inequality taking place in Ireland, which he says is being excerbated by Covid and creating a two-tiered Irish society. “Covid-19 has highlighted and aggravated income and societal inequality both in our Ireland and globally. According to the CSO and […]
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin says he is open to the idea of a merger with the Social Democrats, as well as some elements of the Greens, the SDLP and Fianna Fáil, adding that his party had been “traumatised” after their electoral defeat in 2016. In an interview earlier this month with David Murphy on RTÉ’s […]
Rowling had been the subject of discussion during the broadcast after a tweet from Jeward criticising the Harry Potter author was read out.
The cost of renting in Dublin rose by 2.2 per cent in the last year, an effect of limited supply and business staff being sent to the capital by multinational companies according to the report.