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Disturbing number of people appear happy to risk prospect of nuclear war
Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the push to end Irish neutrality is now in full swing, with the government dragging the public kicking and screaming towards yet another woefully unpopular policy change. They did it with raising our corporate tax rate (which the public opposed). They did it with carbon tax (which the public opposed). And […]
The truth is that from a purely nationalist perspective, the calculations do not change much whether an aggressor considers us neutral or not
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Kerry is “not the right investment” for the site. The remarks were made in the Dáil last week, as energy prices continue to surge across Europe. “There is a planning application for an LNG terminal in Tarbert in north Kerry,” said Varadkar, […]
At the end of the year, whoever leads Fine Gael is set to take over as Taoiseach from Micheál Martin as a condition of the government coalition. Some would naturally assume that this means we’ll see a return of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach, as he is obviously the current leader of Fine Gael. Varadkar […]
Because ultimately, neutrality is only useful until a better opportunity for a bit of moral preening comes along.
Anyone who knows of Fine Gael is aware that the party’s brand is based largely on being a laissez-faire, pro-business, low tax party. In 2018, then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar tried to position his party as the party of tax cuts, making bold promises and big assurances of cuts for years to come. And that certainly sounds […]
Make no mistake about it: age is something which comes to us all, and is certainly not something to be mocked. It’s part of the circle of life. As cringe as I find my parents’ taste in entertainment, no doubt my future children will find me cringe for even using the word “cringe,” which by […]
Whatever about their ideological roots, one thing is now clear: Fine Gael is no longer a low tax party. @Ben_Scallan comments.
Over the last decade, Fine Gael has bent the knee to these people daily, on almost every issue.
As violent crime surges across Ireland, particularly in major cities, few politicians have been willing or able to admit the severity of the crisis. With Fine Gael styling itself as the “Party of Law and Order,” and insisting that Ireland is “a safe country,” it’s seemed for several years now that the government is reluctant […]
Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney was evasive when asked his views on the French President calling for abortion to be added to the EU Charter of Human Rights. The matter was raised in a Parliamentary Question submitted by Aontú leader Peadar Toibín TD. The question asked Minister Coveney “his views on the call by the […]
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