, I heard Samantha Libreri on the radio and she's giving it to the SDs...under advisment.

Be interesting to see how Reform do " ovah" on Thurs.

One person's take on it all In short, Ireland is taking a once-in-a-generation windfall of €28 billion a year in multinational tax receipts, and routing it through a system that guarantees no outcome other than poverty: Societal poverty, where communities hollow out and civic life disappears. Fiscal...

...McGuirk said the protests would “clearly will have an impact” on the forthcoming by-elections, and referred to the Sunday Independent opinion poll that put Independent Ireland on 9 per cent and Aontú on 6 per cent. Further fuel protests expected before the autumn Budget, spokesmen say https://www...

Brabantje wrote: ↑Wed Apr 29, 2026 8:23 am

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Stalemate and a dual blockade...not ideal.

https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2026/0310/1562588-limerick-hospital-site/ A site for a new hospital facility in Limerick has been acquired by the HSE for €14 million, in close proximity to University Hospital Limerick (UHL). Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has confirmed the acquisition...

One is reminded of a little Southern full tilt boogie

Waitin' for the Bus


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Basically you cannot run a country like this for the long run. When the admittedly large supply of sticking plasters runs out there won't be cash to throw at every problem. Its only a short term solution at best. If the protests got a little tougher, if the protesters wouldn't move and wouldn't be b...

We are a great little country altogether, one should not be talking down Ireland and one should wear the green jersey but fukk me... Over 130 TFI electric buses (85 in Dublin, 47 in Galway/Limerick) are sitting idle and unused as of March/April 2026 due to a lack of charging infrastructure at depots...

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The Fingal East Count. From RTE Redolent with examples of left parties transferring to finally elect a Labour TD. With a brand new three-seater constituency comes a brand new TD in Dublin Fingal East, in a race that for the most part, was too close to call. But for outgoing Minister for Housing Darr...

Statsman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:49 pm I, for one, would rather the opposite.

Me too!

Below is the AI which could be wrong, but in thus case probably isn't. In the 2024 general election, several Labour Party candidates secured election to the 34th Dáil by benefiting significantly from the transfer of Sinn Féin (SF) surplus votes. This was a notable trend in several constituencies whe...

There is a cream for it.

If the USA has enough of its own oil in addition to supplies from Canada why have the prices at the pumps risen for Americans? U.S. has seen several refinery closures and conversions between 2024 and 2026, which restricts domestic gasoline production. Fewer refineries lead to higher refining margin...

midlander12 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2026 6:29 pm Yeah but they're boring, like them oul' statistics. No match for angry denunciations and social media algorithms where you can vent to all the other angry folk.

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It always seems to me that people who say the banking crisis is/ was the civil servants' fault, have somehow missed an important aspect of reality

Maybe the reason they can afford 200,000€ multi-axel vehicles is because the taxes are so low.

It's almost nostalgic to read the private sector good, public service bad trope...brings a fellow back to 2008.

Jennie Formby, Labour’s former general secretary, says she has joined Greens Exclusive: Formby, an ally of Jeremy Corbyn who quit role in 2020, says Labour is now ‘in hock to corporate sponsors’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/22/jennie-formby-labour-former-general-secretary-green-part...

Bailing out religious orders?

This from the Journal last year McEntee acknowledged that the area of redress “is so important to survivors to ensure that the institutions and the religious orders involved in these awful crimes are held accountable, and that includes financially”. She said an interdepartmental group report which w...

Yehbut a paedophile's bestest buddy is stretching interesting.