Deputy Nolan said that while there is a clear moral obligation involved in supporting family carers
Family’s haunting statements
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.
The new guidelines say that, for many sports, allowing trans people to compete as women undermines the fairness and safety of the sport.
These are their victim impact statements in full.
The CEO of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has said that normal life could return within a year, but not without regular Covid-19 vaccinations. The remarks were made by executive Albert Bourla when speaking to ABC News this week, in response to a question about when he saw the pandemic ending. Initially Bourla replied: “Within a year, […]
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?
Retired captain Yvonne Murphy, whose story featured in the RTÉ documentary, said the women were glad their voices had been heard and thanked the nation “for standing behind us”.
Families will have travel well over an hour and a half to be with their loved ones
Edosa was sentenced to five years and eight months, while Enoghaghas received a sentence of five years and one month.