But his victory would represent, I think, a further confirmation that the Irish public have a fundamental preference for the acceptable and tolerable over the challenging.
“Causing considerable anxiety and concern.”
‘Not feasible’: Taoiseach Micheál Martin explains why Ireland doesn’t check to verify whether people served deportation orders have left the State: “We don’t have exit checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic, nor is it feasible to do so.”
“We don’t have exit checks at the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic.”
‘False narrative’
On this week’s episode of The Long Game podcast, Ben and Jason discuss the Irish Government’s mixed signals on whether or not they will revisit the hate speech bill.
Taoiseach said the 1989 Act needed to be “modernised” to deal with online speech.
“We want to be in compliance with the European framework.”
Described as a “horrible law”.
There’s a direct link between endless Irish statements on the Middle East, and the Irish housing crisis.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin is asked why he once called the Triple Lock “the core of our neutrality”, but is now proposing to abolish it:
“It’s not Government policy.”