“All parties will be treated fairly,” the US president has promised.
“I’m very worried.”
“It was a bad night for everybody.”
‘Knock on-consequences for whole economy’
“A lot of the Western world.”
“A president for all.”
Psychiatric report ordered
“You’re not addressing the substance of the point…You’re filibustering”: Ben Scallan grills Charities Minister Jerry Buttimer on the Government’s policy of only funding activist NGOs that are in line with the Government’s agenda. https://youtu.be/bzMDZn2l4UM
“Motivated by fear”
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says he takes “full responsibility” for the Jim Gavin debacle. Asked if this means he should face some consequences, Minister James Lawless says he already has faced consequences, because now Fianna Fáil won’t have a candidate in the election.
“ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING? YOU’RE BLAMING EVERYONE ELSE:” Jack Chambers, Fianna Fáil’s Director of Elections for the presidency, gets grilled by the media about the implosion of Jim Gavin’s campaign.
Asked if he accepts that carbon tax is unpopular with the public, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe says it’s a tax that “needs to be explained” to people. He says in a few years carbon tax will be bringing in “important and significant” amounts of revenue for the State.