Irish leaders’ high-falutin propositions for the country’s future are piece-meal, ineffective, and oftentimes utter disastrous.
I would say, dear reader, that we all deserve better.
But in actual fact, these are the people, and the standards, that you voted for. Enjoy it. Because it doesn’t get any better than this.
Also: Ceasefire in Gaza, Ministries for everyone, beds for nobody, and why Say Nothing says something.
This time, there’s nobody else to blame if it all goes sideways.
“You have to remember”, said the sage, “that these fuckers are all completely mad”.
Ongoing Government formation talks.
‘I have text messages’
“These are the departments which process the most sensitive information.”
“In the 20 years that I’ve been in politics, I’ve never seen such a blatant attempt by a government to buy an election such as this.” Aontú leader Peadar Toibín TD reacts to #Budget2025.
If you can’t beat em, join ‘em.
Dim-witted government
Ironically, in this case, phones in schools is actually a pretty good example of why Government shouldn’t interfere with the small stuff: