You won’t starve.
The figures are based on a survey of Ireland’s over-65 population and workshops, as well as publicly available data.
Costlier Christmas
Voters are anxious
Pinning down the Taoiseach is not unlike trying to grab hold of a greased-up eel.
Regulations
That yesterday’s budget was a cynical exercise in vote buying is beyond any doubt. The problem for the opposition is that if the usual laws of politics apply, then it is very likely to work.
There’s a strong argument that we could make the poorest people in Ireland better off by taxing their incomes at a higher rate, while drastically cutting the taxes that actually drive up the cost of living, like VAT and fuel duties.
The only way, ultimately, to reduce support for the “far right” is to show their voters that there is a better option. But the political establishment across Europe has absolutely no intention of doing so.
London came 3rd with 143 points. In 4th and 5th, was Copenhagen and Seattle with 139 and 136 points.
Thinking ahead.
The country is rarely able to have more than one major issue debated concurrently. Right now, immigration is the issue dominating the airwaves.