Paul Murphy TD warned however that the anti-water charge movement would reassert itself if the government pushed ahead with the OECD’s recommendation in that regard.
At the anti-lockdown assembly in Cork City Centre 6th March 2021 Photo credits: John Tangney
An interesting aspect of the Budget was that it once again illustrated the minimal differences that exist across the entire range of political parties in Leinster House. Apart from the outlier of the People Before Profit demand for a wealth tax which they claim would deliver €3.5 billion, all of the arguing was over different […]
With unemployment skyrocketing, the government are increasing carbon tax and driving up heating costs. BEN SCALLAN comments. #gript
There are two main aspects to the climate change phenomenon. The first is the political movement variously represented by Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion and factions of the Green and left parties. The second is how governments exploit the fear of a threatened global catastrophe to impose new taxes and other restrictions on their citizens. […]
You might not have noticed, but this was supposed to be the Climate election. It was all decided relatively far in advance of the thing, with most of the narratives pre-scripted. Young voters, emboldened and inspired by Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion, and Saoirse McHugh, were supposed to rise up and push Ireland to the international […]
“NO FARMERS, NO FOOD, NO FUTURE”. Low prices and carbon taxes mean “It’ll be GAME OVER over for rural Ireland”. Farmers tell Gript why they are protesting in Dublin. #gript
At the Farmers Protest in Dublin City Centre 14th January 2020
When I was in college I shared a student apartment with four other guys. One of them had a particularly annoying habit of returning to the digs every Sunday evening and clearing out his section of the fridge straight into the bin. Each week entire unopened packets of ham, cheese, or tubs of butter etc […]