In our view, the stifling consensus in Irish politics must be broken open for the sake of the health of our democracy.
You cannot say how many homes you will need by 2030 without first knowing how many people will be in the country in 2030. The only way to get that number right – by definition – is to enact some restriction on immigration.
Election 2024
This essentially means that one unlucky candidate will emerge without success.
I am hesitant, here, to accuse the Journal of consciously serving a nefarious agenda – but I am entirely comfortable in noting that a nefarious agenda exists which is served, even unconsciously, by this nonsense.
Things can change in two weeks, but it’s increasingly hard to see what might be called “an earthquake” type result emerging from these elections.
Ahead of local and EU elections
The cause is socialism, and whatever is in the interests of socialism is de facto justifiable.
Social housing in most areas is paid for at least in part by taxes paid by local people, often over generations.
Fewer councillors means fewer Senators.
One of the basic jobs of elected officials is to see things coming. There are some candidates running in these elections who did see this problem coming, and warned about it.
Far down the ballot paper, it’s more about keeping people out than it is voting people in.