The April issue of Village magazine.
Splutter!
We lead this edition of Village with the failure of the Department of the Environment under Simon Coveney to treat seriously what his government describes as its “number one priority”, housing: they can’t even compile useful statistics on housing completions.
As Mel Reynolds first pointed out on these pages, housing-completion figures for last year were – at absolute best – 7300, not the claimed 15,000.
How can you make policy when you don’t even know the scale of the problem you’re addressing; when you have to lie about it?
Editorial, Village magazine (on shelves now)
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He’s got polish, he works hard and is well-meaning I think but essentially he’s a bit thick.
He’s the archetypal “Company Man”. An empty suit. A dullard.
His attempts to reposition himself as a champion of a fairer society owe everything to the bun fight with Varadker and nothing to any conviction, instinct or vision. He’s a creep.
Nailed it like a common carpenter.
that picture is majestic. Very Kricfalusi in style (Ren & Stimpy).
ahh come on .It does not . It is at best a good doodle. it does not grab your attention . It doesn’t shout Coveney. Hire a better illustrator and it could work.
bit of Quentin Blake in there too
Its the village, who cares.
As usual Village doesn’t get credit for breaking the story- in this case of the government’s failure on this key priority policy. The future is evidence-based policy making.
“The future is evidence-based policy making.”
That would involve getting rid of parish pump politics
Somebody should tell Village Magazine that there’s no longer a Dept Of Environment.
Was there ever one in reality?
I hear fudge commodities are where the money’s at.