Disagreement.
There is no substitute, in the Irish system, for going out and building up a client base. Helen McEntee has done it, and most of her harshest critics – Willie O’Dea aside – have not.
Election 2024
More of this? For five more years? With a new energy? No wonder voters are saying no thanks.
Coalition government
At the launch of Fine Gael’s #GE24 law and order policy today, Ben Scallan asked Justice Minister Helen McEntee if she had any plan to address the problem of offenders caught with child sex abuse imagery being let off with fully suspended sentences. This was her response.
The Minister implies that millions of people have the right to come here if they wish. She is wrong. They do not.
“We have a good track record here, we’ve done a lot”
The mob has captured Dáil Éireann.
Protected characteristics
“I will give my all to the role.”
“You need to have a consensus, and that was not there in this instance.”