Speaking on the MEP hustings.
FLASHBACK: A Fianna Fáil Senator previously said there’s “no question” but that 16-year-olds would vote for the government due to their climate policies, while a Sinn Féin TD said 16s should vote as they’re “more engaged” with issues like climate change and Black Lives Matter.
“A threat to everything we hold dear.”
“Solidarity with the students of Trinity College Dublin.”
Building more prisons is a “misguided” approach to the problem of crime, Labour Party Justice spokesman Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has said, adding that Ireland needs a “fundamental change in approach” to the justice system. Reacting this week to reports from the Prison Officers’ Association which said that problems of overcrowding, drug abuse and attacks in […]
“We have to have a radical rethink.”
Ardern-mania subsides
The prospect of Labour, the oldest party in the state, being entirely wiped out at the next election is now firmly on the table.
“Nobody cares about that referendum”, my interlocutor tells me.
Here’s a straightforward statement of fact: If this poll is anywhere close to accurate, Labour Party Leader Ivana Bacik will lose her own Dublin Bay South seat at the next general election: POLL: Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks(June 30-July 1, MoE 3%) Sinn Féin 31 (-1 in a month)Fine Gael 19 (-1)Fianna Fáil 19Social Democrats 6PBP-Solidarity 4 […]
“To provide shelter for people fleeing war.”
Future election candidate