I can hear you lot, down the back, already. “Well of course, McGuirk, you don’t like the citizen’s assembly because it finally overturned centuries of torture and oppression and gave Irish women the right to fully control their own bodies. Stop being so sour. The Citizen’s Assembly is great”. Of course, the idea that the […]
Once a staunch Fine Gael supporter, George Hook says he could not bring himself to vote for them in the last election. #gript
A slick new ad from the Government party right here, explicitly designed to stoke fears that Fianna Fáil would bankrupt the country if trusted with power: Everyone should watch this video. Has Fianna Fáil learned nothing? For more, see: https://t.co/f4uGy2PH0n #RecklessFF pic.twitter.com/hRIAb8BPSr — Fine Gael (@FineGael) September 8, 2019 The core criticism here is perfectly […]
The Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) is administered by Pobal on behalf of the Department of Rural and Community Development. It is described as a key element of that Department’s support for the development of strong and vibrant civil society and “in improving outcomes for those most disadvantaged. It is with that in mind […]
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has claimed that one of the reasons we have overruns in the health service is down to what he described as a “recruitment surge rather than the recruitment crisis.” The Taoiseach also maintained that overspending can be attributed to the fact “that extra people are hired every year beyond what is […]
The broadband plan is back in the news. The Journal.ie reports this morning that the Government spent €25million of taxpayer’s money on consultancy reports into the national broadband plan between 2013 and 2019. A hefty sum, by anyone’s standards: In a letter from the Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe to the Oireachtas Budgetary Oversight Committee, seen […]
“‘Entirely inappropriate’ – anger as Fine Gael Youth leader attends US right-wing conference” This was the headline that greeted the group of 11 students and young professionals shortly after landing in Dublin Airport recently on a crisp Monday morning at 6 am. They had set off from Washington Dulles over 6 hours before and had […]
I’ll be honest, I spent a good ten minutes trying to think up a good “swing” joke to greet this news with, and I came up short. “Swings and Roundabouts” was about the best I managed, and that’s just lame. I suppose you can’t have someone who’s now associated, rightly or wrongly, in the public […]
Nobody asked for a public services card. Often times, when public money is wasted, we voters are at least somewhat to blame. After all, we do want more housing. We would like a decent health service. We want schools that teach our children well, and good roads, and plenty of Gardai on the streets. When […]
The president of Young Fine Gael has been lambasted by the media and politicians for weeks now. Is this peak hypocrisy?