Remember back in October of last year when Fianna Fail TD’s Timmy Dooley, Niall Collins and Lisa Chambers were all exposed as having repeatedly engaged in voting ‘irregularities’ in the Dáil? To be sure, it all seems like a lifetime ago now. But at the time, the scandal was given significant coverage and it even […]
OH NO IT’S NOT happening, says Green Dun Laoghaire TD Ossian Smyth: Green Party's Ossian Smyth TD says M20 will not happen within the next five years, says it is not in favour of increasing capacity between Cork and Limerick #iestaff — Daniel McConnell (@McConnellDaniel) June 18, 2020 OH YES IT IS, says Fine Gael […]
Fianna Fáil sat around a Cabinet Table as the economy, with the Banks holding the rudder, was swept over the cliff and into the maelstrom of the economic crisis that scarred a generation. They watched from the sidelines as the Irish Constitution was ripped into pieces and the Dail legislated for non-medical abortion. Then, notwithstanding […]
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A group of 50 Fianna Fáil Councillors have been joined by 1,000 party members to launch a campaigning group to Vote No to the Programme for Government (PfG) negotiated by Fine Gael, the Green Party and the leadership of Fianna Fáil. The dal agreed by the three parties must now be ratified by members. The new organisation, […]
So the Greens now have their hands on the reins of government, surely bringing some badly-needed compassion to considerations regarding all helpless creatures in peril such as red squirrels and maybe even unborn babies? Not so. The Programme for Government agreed by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens includes 17 references to animal welfare […]
The media, and the state, are presently engaged in a great and historic national effort to make Green Party members feel like they have no option but to vote for the draft Programme for Government. Like all good guilt trips, it has begun this morning with an extensive reminder of how lucky they are, and […]
Talks between political parties to form a new government have been lingering on for weeks now and Aontú played its part in those talks on May 7th. In a letter obtained by Gript and information from a source inside Aontú who was involved in preparing for the talks between representatives of Fine Gael, Fianna Fail […]
The push from several quarters to start tearing down statues of Irish historical figures and rename GAA clubs has come under fire from a TD who said “it’s like the Black and Tans controversy all over again”. Mattie McGrath, the independent TD from Tipperary, hit out at calls from left-wing politicians and agitators – and also […]
New figures released from the British Department of Health show that abortion rate in England and Wales is at its highest since the 1967 Act was introduced. There were 207,384 abortions for women resident in England and Wales, and 98% of abortions were carried out under ground C, considered social abortions. Most of the abortions […]
The latest from the never-ending talks to form a new Government, courtesy of Pat Leahy, who listens to this nonsense so the rest of us don’t have to: Talks on forming a government were continuing on Monday night with senior figures in all three parties involved admitting privately that the coming days represent a “do-or-die” […]
While Ireland deals with a deadly pandemic, Fine Gael propose legal gender changes for children under 16. Ben Scallan comments. #gript