“The real danger facing this country, according to the government, is people on the internet saying things that Irish politicians disagree with”: Ben Scallan on the government’s new plan to stamp out so-called “misinformation.”
It all comes back, I think, to the biggest problem with this Government: They don’t actually know who it is that they are for.
“Would you vote for Bertie Ahern for president?”: Irish people react to rumours of the former Taoiseach’s run.
frankly, I would take Bertie ten times over ahead of some holier than thou representative of the NGO sector.
He is in “good standing.”
“It seems like if you casually “express an opinion” within two football fields of an asylum centre, that could be construed as a violation of this proposed law as it’s currently laid out”: BEN SCALLAN unpacks the government’s bill to ban peaceful protests outside asylum centres, like the ones at East Wall and Finglas:
“Only opinion.”
Not an exaggeration.
Honestly, as proposals from politicians go, this is an early – and likely to be hard to beat – contender for worst of the year.
The ultimate question, to which there is no answer, is “what does Mr. Varadkar want to achieve, exactly?”
Standards should be raised, actually.
“security and safety”