Taoiseach Micheál Martin has announced that Ireland will be paying more into the EU recovery fund than we will be getting out. In other words, we will be paying for the repair of other countries at the expense of Irish taxpayers. Ben Scallan comments #gript
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín has spoken out against the Government’s new deal with the European Union, saying that Ireland’s record contribution to EU funds amounts to “supporting everyone’s recovery except our own”. The Government signed off on the deal in Brussels yesterday, and it will see Ireland becoming the fifth largest net contributor to the […]
Three thousand, two hundred, and one euros. That’s the cost of the new EU deal to every man, woman and child, in Ireland. Of all the countries in the European Union, only Luxembourg residents will contribute more to the EU budget over the next few years. Irish people will pay in just under twice as […]
The report on this morning’s EU recovery deal in the Irish Times is very comprehensive, reporting all of the issues in detail, except for one, which is, very strangely, totally left out of the coverage: The 27 member states of the European Union this morning signed off on a €1.8 trillion package to fund the […]
Andrzej Duda who had the support of the governing Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been re-elected as President of Poland. Results released early on Monday morning by he National Electoral Commission indicated that Duda had taken 51.2% of the vote with Warsaw mayor Rafal Trzaskowski on 48.8%. The margin of victory was wider than the first […]
Not the result they were praying for in Brussels, to put it mildly: “Poland’s incumbent President Andrzej Duda has narrowly beaten challenger Rafal Trzaskowski in Sunday’s presidential vote. The National Electoral Commission said Mr Duda had won 51.2% of the votes. It is Poland’s slimmest presidential election victory since the end of communism in 1989. […]
Since 2014, Ireland has been what is termed a ‘net contributor’ to the European Union’s annual budget (Multiannual Financial Framework). That is, we now put in more cash than we receive back. Based on the principle that you should contribute more to the budget pot if you can afford it, this is not automatically a […]
Up to 70 Italian cities have seen protests demanding that the current government step down over their handling of the coronavirus, and calling for an Italian exit from the EU. Protesters – including many orange vest demonstrators – called for a new government and a return to the Italian lira in place of the euro, it […]
I have worked with buyers on the issue of modern slavery in supply chains for much of the last decade. Modern slavery is a very real issue. Globally, it is estimated that some 40m people are enslaved or subject to forced labour conditions. Many, many more work in deeply exploitative conditions. I have looked into […]
Economist, Professor Ray Kinsella, writes that a recent decision by the German constitutional court will finally force the ECB – and the EU – to confront the dire failings of the Euro, which are once again being exposed by Coronavirus. The decision by German Constitutional Court (GCC) sitting in Karlsruhe to challenge the ECJ […]
Irish fisherman have hit out at foreign fishing vessels which they say are not using dedicated landing areas required because of coronavirus restrictions. Earlier this year, protests in Dingle and Castletownbere saw anger at claims that foreign crews were breaching the regulations, and working in areas designated for local fishermen. Now, the Fishing Daily says that “whilst […]
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