The development group which was reported to be in talks with the Irish government regarding the possibility of building a city for Hong Kongers in Ireland, has now confirmed that the discussion is ongoing. While the Department of Foreign Affairs seemed to downplay the possibility, Mark Lutter, the Chief Strategy Officer for the Victoria Harbor […]
What’s the world coming to when you can’t trust a politician to cut their own salary without actually increasing it by accident? Clarified this evening: voluntary pay cuts taken by the previous Govts lapsed when new Govt was formed, so today's 10% is effectively a renewal of those cuts. e.g. Taoiseach's salary €207,590; Varadkar had […]
As most people have, by now, heard, one of the first legislative priorities for the new Government was to pass legislation enabling all three “super junior” ministers to be paid a bit more: The Dáil has passed laws to increase remuneration for a third ‘super junior’ minister who will now be entitled to an allowance […]
A stunning story from Ben Haugh in the Times at the weekend: Six locations in Ireland were discussed by government officials as possible sites for a new autonomous city named Nextpolis proposed by a wealthy Hong Kong businessman, The Times can reveal. The Department of Foreign Affairs has been in contact with the Victoria Harbour […]
Tipperary TD, Mattie McGrath, has strongly criticised the government for what he described as its failure to fight for Ireland when negotiating the European Covid-19 recovery deal “We’re the good boys in Europe. We’re the lackeys. We accept everything and nod” Deputy McGrath told the Dáil. He said that other countries had demanded write downs […]
Yes, this would be the same Michael Lowry who, according to the Moriarty Tribunal, made untrue statements in the course of its investigation, which found that he corruptly secured the largest single contract in the history of the state for Denis O’Brien, and received bribes for doing so. Still, it is never too late to […]
You might recall that she actually promised to do this during the long and often torturous debate about whether the Green Party would enter Government, if her side did not prevail. Well, her side lost. The Greens entered Government, and today, at least one Green is keeping their promises: Thread on leaving the greens:I have […]
The Minister for Health has said that the arrangement allowing abortions to be carried out at home with pills during the Covid-19 lockdown will be reviewed – but he has not confimed that the changes will be reversed. Independent TD Carol Nolan asked Minister Stephen Donnelly if the change would be permitted beyond the Covid-19 […]
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has spoken out against the Government’s new deal with the European Union, saying that Ireland’s record contribution to EU funds amounts to “supporting everyone’s recovery except our own”. The Government signed off on the deal in Brussels yesterday, and it will see Ireland becoming the fifth largest net contributor to the […]
The report on this morning’s EU recovery deal in the Irish Times is very comprehensive, reporting all of the issues in detail, except for one, which is, very strangely, totally left out of the coverage: The 27 member states of the European Union this morning signed off on a €1.8 trillion package to fund the […]
The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, and the Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, have been asked by an Independent TD to clarify if controversial activist Peter Tatchell has had any role in influencing sex-education programmes or other policis involving children in Ireland. “Given the extremely disturbing nature of the writings and commentary of the activist Peter Tatchell presenting […]
Actor John Connors has issued a major apology for leading what he describes as a “homophobic crusade” against Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman. Mr. Connors was the most prominent speaker at the so-called “hands off our kids” rally which attracted around a thousand people to Dublin last weekend in the aftermath of online reporting about the […]