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The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action has published its Report on Reducing emissions in the transport sector by 51% by 2030. The Report contains almost 50 recommendations. Among them is a call on Government to examine the possibility of introducing a new ‘charges’ regime for road users that would include setting ‘potential targets […]
Credit where it is due: this is an interesting, and what Sir Humphrey Appleby of Yes Minister fame would have called “courageous” proposal, first reported by Hugh O’Connell of the Independent: “speaking at Government Buildings on Tuesday, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys said she had asked her officials to examine “pay-related benefit” where a person’s […]
The media pummelling of Fine Gael bye-election candidate for Dublin Bay South, James Geoghegan, shows no immediate signs of easing off. One might suspect, given the ferocity of the criticism headed his way, that some elements of the media who had a soft spot for snubbed ex-TD Kate O’Connell are taking a little bit of […]
The headline above is entirely accurate, and, at the same time, a little misleading. You might think, to read it, that the various main party candidates in the Dublin Bay South bye-election were engaged in a war over the legality of abortion, with one or two expressing a pro-choice view, and one or two dissenting. […]
Every time we report one of these polls, the comments on Facebook and Twitter and other social media platforms are the same: “fake poll”, or “they didn’t poll me”, or words to that effect. And that is understandable, nobody likes to be in the minority, or feel the country is against them. Least of all, […]
This morning, the hashtag #LeoTheleak is trending on social media. The Shinbots were up early then. Yesterday, or the day before, it was #Shinners or something wearily familiar, because, as we all know, Fine Gael are now well able to take the fight to the enemy on Twitter. It’s all mostly so trite and nauseatingly […]
The Irish government proposes minimum alcohol pricing – possibly their worst idea yet – while Sinn Féin cheer them on. #gript
We will put this in the category of “darkly amusing”: https://twitter.com/CloHiggins/status/1391083611860967426 You might wonder why a “wheelchair friendly” park bench is something that anybody would bother to invent. After all, people in wheelchairs – not through choice, of course – are not lacking for somewhere to sit down. Life has forced them to take a […]
O’Connell said she would not be leaving the party because of “one person”, however.
Following the resignation of his Dáil seat, former Fine Gael TD, Eoghan Murphy ,will receive €61,320 in termination payments over the next eight months. In his role as a TD, Mr Murphy earned a salary of €98,113 per annum which determines the payoff he will receive as he resigns his seat. The lump sum is […]
One can reasonably expect harsh austerity measures are not far away after this year of largesse however, as the country mimics a bi-polar dog going back to its vomit.
This is one of those stories that is half common sense, and half utterly ludicrous. In fairness to Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward, let us start with the part that’s common sense: Vaccinated persons should be exempt from Mandatory Hotel Quarantine – Ward 12th April 2021 – Senator Barry Ward Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward […]
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