Stephen Donnelly status: Sweating.
“It would make it significantly harder for bad actors to hide behind fake profiles.”
DONAL HORGAN: The truth is that Simon Harris, despite the rolled-up sleeves and the furrowed eyebrows, was central to much of the shambles we’re seeing now. Will that impact on voter decisions in the election?
That yesterday’s budget was a cynical exercise in vote buying is beyond any doubt. The problem for the opposition is that if the usual laws of politics apply, then it is very likely to work.
Thus is the Government operating on immigration: Having started the fire, they now stand before you promising to douse the flames and get matters back under control.
The Tánaiste has largely been reduced to standing in the background and nodding his approval, like a lesser Burke family member during an Enoch video.
If you can’t beat em, join ‘em.
As things stand, though, with the proviso that they can change quickly, the Taoiseach is going to cruise to re-election, and an unprecedented fourth consecutive term in Government for Fine Gael.
There are reasons Fine Gael and its new leader remain popular.
Denied that the investigation is taking a long time.
We have a bizarre situation where the next Government will be bound – at least to some degree – by major spending decisions taken in the dying days of this one.
Aren’t we all adults? If somebody is willing to spend €415 on a concert ticket to hear songs that have been on the radio for thirty years, shouldn’t they have that right?