‘Food security jeopardised’
“They must think that people in this country are foolish”: Rural Independent TDs react to #Budget2023, saying that the giveaway budget is merely an attempt to “win popularity” with the public.
“Ireland is facing serious food security issues because of government policy”
“WE’RE IN THE BEGINNINGS OF A RECESSION”: Rural Independents on energy crisis.
Elderly people in the Republic of Ireland are going blind for lack of a simple 20 minute procedure. That’s what Gript was told by Independent TDs Michael Collins and Danny Healy-Rae, standing outside the Dáil at 5:45 a.m. on a freezing cold March morning. Collins, who represents Cork South-West, told the Gript team about the […]
Elderly Irish people are losing their sight for lack of a 20 minute eye procedure. As a result, rural TDs are organising buses to Belfast to get them the surgery they need. The message is this: Go to Belfast, or go blind. #gript
‘The Government is hurting people’
An Independent TD says that Ireland’s energy supply is “very exposed” to the Ukraine conflict, accusing Eamon Ryan of trying to “sabotage” Ireland’s energy security. The remarks were made this week in the Dáil, as Danny Healy-Rae TD asked about the proposed Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on an estuary of the river Shannon. “A […]
“You could not make it up,” Danny Healy-Rae TD said on the Labour Party’s proposed carbon footprint labelling on food, dubbing the idea a “lunatic” proposal. The comments were made yesterday in the Dáil during a debate on the policy and Ireland’s carbon emissions. Danny Healy-Rae on Labour's proposal to mandate labelling of products with […]
Danny Healy-Rae challenges denial
There is certainly an element of “Oh, look over there!” about the mainstream Woodward/Bernstein exposé of people having the craic in the Healy Rae pub in Kilgarvan. And of course, predictably enough, the nodding donkeys have lit upon Danny Healy-Rae as an example of one of the Deplorables intent on killing us all in our […]
Confirmation/First Holy Communion cancelled.