Deputy John Lyons called out the Vintners Federation of Ireland AND the Licensed Vintners Association on the price of a pint in Dublin city centre in an Oireachtas Committee meeting earlier.
Dónal O’Keeffe of the LVA claims there are pints in Dublin available for a splutterful €3.50.
Deputy Lyons ain’t buying it (were it indeed available, anyone?).
Lyons for Taoiseach.
Fight!
2pm at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square East, Dublin 1.
Tay afterwards at Filmbase, Temple Bar.
Meanwhile…
HSE report on Y abortion case contains contradictions (Kitty Holland, Irish Times)
Veteran BBC filmmaker Peter Taylor has said in a programme to be shown on Monday night that the ‘war’ was ultimately won by the British Government and unionists.
The English-born journalist, who has made almost 100 films in Northern Ireland over four decades returned to mark the 20th anniversary of the IRA and Loyalist ceasefires. He met high-profile figures again to ask whether they still agreed with past interviews, questioning Martin McGuinness [above] about claims that it would only be the “cutting edge of the IRA” that would bring about freedom.
Who Won the War? is on BBC One on Monday at 9pm.
British and unionists won ‘war’ says Troubles journalist Peter Taylor (Marie Louise McConville, Irish News) [behind paywall]
Fine Gael Seanad candidate John McNulty resigns from the board of IMMA.
Mr McNulty runs a Mace store in Stranorlar and has managed two football teams in Kilcar.
He’s hiring.
He’s also looking forward to his election campaign.
Earlier: Deasy Does It
Jim Wells MLA
Behold the new NI Minister for Health Jim Wells.
He replaces Edwin Poots.
What can we expect?
Delighted to accept 24000 postcards supporting my amendment to Justice Bill. 1000s also returned to Justice Committee pic.twitter.com/QUmPR9KHlY
— Jim Wells (@Jim_Wells_MLA) September 18, 2014
Jim pictured with Bernie Smyth of Precious Life [above] in their efforts to stop the Marie Stopes clinic performing abortions in NI.
@vixenswc I am opposed to any procedure that leads to the killing of the unborn child.
— Jim Wells (@Jim_Wells_MLA) August 24, 2014
@vixenswc Totally support reproductive advice as long as it does not promote the killing of unborn children.
— Jim Wells (@Jim_Wells_MLA) August 24, 2014
Alarmed to learn that teaching creationism has been branded as extremist in England.
— Jim Wells (@Jim_Wells_MLA) August 8, 2014
Well done to the Christian Institute for their strong backing of the family firm who refused to make a pro gay marriage cake.
— Jim Wells (@Jim_Wells_MLA) July 25, 2014
What could possibly go wrong?
Previously: Some Men’s True Hate
Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland
“I understand why you’re a little bit subdued today, I understand why you’re a little bit subdued today, because you’ve opened a political movement on the backs of misery and failure in the economy. But the country isn’t failing, the country is growing again and it’s growing very strongly. Now I’ve noticed, I‘ve noticed in this morning’s paper you’ve stated you have another red line issue. First you’re going to abolish property tax, now you’re going to abolish water charges and these are red line issues. Nobody is rushing to join you in government. Putting down a red line issue, it’s like an oul’ fellow walking up and down the boundaries of the Ballroom of Romance saying that he won’t dance with any of those women over there. Nobody wants, nobody wants to dance with him. Nobody wants to dance with him, that’s the position. So red lines, red lines, red lines, you’re joking me.”
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan drawing a wistful analogy for Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn in the Dáil this afternoon.
Isn’t it well for them?
Thanks Tequila Mockingbird
On last night’s Tonight with Vincent Browne, Vincent was joined by UCD lecturer Ailbhe Smyth and John McGuirk to review the newspapers.
The discussion turned to Paul Cullen’s story in the Irish Times of staff in University Hospital Galway being disciplined in relation to the care of Savita Halappanavar.
Watch in full here.
Hospital staff in Savita Halappanavar case ‘disciplined’ after review (Paul Cullen, Irish Times)
Previously: When Dr Boylan Met Dr Kiely
Answer it!
Vincent Browne returned to our screens from the summer break last night joined by Dara Murphy TD Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection, Patricia Callan of the Small Firms Association and Tom Healy of NERI.
Dara Murphy received full hairdryer on the question of GNP versus GDP growth.
“And if you’re going around Europe telling them the crapology you’ve been saying now, it’s an embarrassment to the country.”
Watch in full here.
