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?