It does not speak well of Mr. Bakhurst that he would try something like this.
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Honestly, you should all watch this video, a leftover from yesterday, if you haven’t already. It really makes you wonder: Where would Ireland be, without Simon Coveney? ICYMI:Simon Coveney is an asset to Ireland and his record is clear. Housing, health and the vaccine roll-out, education, climate action, quality of life. These are the areas […]
One of the most frustrating things about watching Simon Coveney before the Oireachtas committee, yesterday morning, was the sure and certain knowledge that you were one of very few people actually watching it. 10am on a Tuesday morning, after all, is not a time when the average person is free to sit down, fire up […]
One year cooling off period
The most revealing document released by the Irish Government yesterday was a text from Katharine Zappone to Simon Coveney sent in the early part of this year. Joe Biden had just been inaugurated as US President, and Zappone wanted Coveney to make an introduction for her to “Sam” (Samantha) Power, Biden’s UN Ambassador. Biden, she […]
Fascinating, and full credit to Justine McCarthy and John Mooney in the Sunday Times for drawing this angle to the public’s attention: Simon Coveney, the foreign affairs minister, will be quizzed at an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday if he deleted texts with Leo Varadkar, the tanaiste, from his phone after freedom of information requests were […]
An Tánaiste’s office Leo Varadkar has released text conversations he had with Simon Coveney and Katherine Zappone around her appointment and the #MerrionGate controversy. Text messages between Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney & Katherine Zappone on #MerrionGate pic.twitter.com/l4ta0cNLhW — Kieran Cuddihy (@kierancuddihy) September 1, 2021 The tweets make it clear that: 1. Katherine Zappone talked to Tánaiste […]
Senator Craughwell stated, there is also no getting away from the fact that the public perception is that “If you’re in the club you’ll be looked after.”
The government is reportedly planning to potentially use rapid antigen testing to allow indoor dining and drinking by the end of July, in defiance of NPHET. Government officials and representatives of the hospitality industry will be meeting today to discuss the re-opening of the sector, and according to several senior cabinet ministers, antigen testing is […]