They’re at it again. Fianna Fáil spokespeople are being trotted out this morning across the airwaves to make the case that now would be a very bad time for an Irish general election, and that it would be better for everyone if the Government – which Fianna Fáil says is useless – stayed in office […]
On Thursday 24th October 2019, the Government launched a public consultation (the “Consultation”) on hate speech laws in Ireland. As part of this Consultation the Government confirmed their intention to consult with members of the public, academics and groups who have experienced hate speech either “personally or seen, read or heard” what they consider to […]
At this point most of us are aware of the controversy surrounding the roll-out of the Public Services Card as well as the data protection and legality concerns that have been raised by Commissioner Helen Dixon. The figure of €67 million as the total cost to date of the entire farce has also been in […]
If you had a good weekend, and headed off somewhere, then it is very likely that you did not see the news over the weekend that the Sunday Business Post published a new opinion poll on the state of the parties, with probably less than six months to go until a general election. If you […]
The resolution was defeated by two votes, leading to considerable criticism of the four Fine Gael MEPs who helped to vote it down.
The Government has appointed Martina Fitzgerald, the former RTE political editor, to the National Screening Advisory Committee, according to the Irish Times. Ms. Fitzgerald left RTE after a bitter and public dispute over her role with the broadcaster, which wished to replace her, and advertised the role internally. She becomes the latest in a long […]
It is quite the spectacle, for those interested, to observe the current row between Ireland’s two largest political parties. Fianna Fáil, as anyone who has not spent the last week on a hillside in the remotest part of Mongolia will know, have been uncovered taking part in what appears to be a widespread practice of […]
There is an emerging pattern in the way the Irish Government attempts to deal with its migrant accommodation crisis, and the way the policy plays out for everybody concerned. A small town, usually one hit hard by emigration and de-industrialisation, learns very late in the process – often only days or weeks before the migrants […]
Two Fine Gael TDs, Maria Bailey and Alan Farrell, made unjustifiable claims amounting to €6,000, with Farrell claiming that the €4,214.79 he must pay back was claimed for work done in 2016, but invoiced in early 2017.
Leader of Aontú, Peadar Tóibín, has said that yesterday’s Budget introduced by Minister Paschal Donohue has done little to address the chasm developing between rural Ireland and Dublin. “We are now at crisis point as a nation,” the Meath West TD said. “Ireland is divided between an over-heating and fractured capital and sprawling commuter belt […]
There isn’t a lot to say about this budget in terms of income taxes, which at the end of the day is all that most normal people really care about. You should feel sorry for the poor guys over at the Irish Times and the Irish Independent who have to write six-page budget supplements for […]
A fascinating proposal from Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman – I look forward to seeing the uptake in his own constituency of Dublin Bay South. Jim O’Callaghan made the proposal that families should take in asylum seekers in conversation with Fine Gael Minister David Stanton in the Dáil this morning. He suggested that families who housed […]