“Get off the fence and do the right thing”
“Are you going to have manners?”: In a sharp exchange, Taoiseach Micheál Martin was pressed by journalist Louise Burne on his handling of the Jim Gavin saga. He claimed there is an “agenda” to attack him in recent weeks.
Debacle highlights most important factor of all
Taoiseach Micheál Martin denies US President Trump’s claim that European leaders are “weak”: “It depends how one defines strength”. Question by Jennifer Duggan of Bloomberg.
Russia is ready for war with Europe if necessary
Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee has brought to Cabinet a proposal that Ireland would support a new claims commission that would “hold Russia accountable” for the Ukraine war financially, attempting to force them to pay for damages.
Winning a new military ally, without that ally even noticing.
“What kind of message do you think that will send?”
Cabinet memo.
“We facilitated debate. I facilitate debate all of the time.”
“We facilitated debate – I facilitate debate all the time…We haven’t been trying to stifle debate on migration.”
Simon Harris says that ‘The Left’ have stifled the immigration debate – but Ben Scallan takes a look back at the Government’s own role in shutting down migration conversations.