Stop that.
Yesterday.
Dublin 7.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin addresses the Annual Fianna Fáil Easter Rising 1916 commemoration at Arbour Hill.
Stop that.
Yesterday.
Dublin 7.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin addresses the Annual Fianna Fáil Easter Rising 1916 commemoration at Arbour Hill.
This morning.afternoon.
Dail Eireann.
leaders’ Questions.
After accusations by Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald of Fianna Fáil corruption in dealings with property developers and vulture funds,…
…Taoiseach Micheál Martin said Sinn Féin is the last party that can talk about corruption given the campaign of “murder and mayhem” it supported in Ireland.
Deputy McDonald responded:
“Go away outta that”
More whatouttaery.
FIGHT!
This is honestly some of the most idiotic messaging I’ve seen this entire pandemic.
Come on Ireland – seriously?
Surely, You can do better. https://t.co/7KB4Q8pPUa
— Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) November 24, 2021
Meanwhile…
What is Fianna Fáil?
— Michael Mina (@michaelmina_lab) November 24, 2021
Anyone?
Yesterday: “The House Is On Fire”
When you propose that the unvaccinated should be banned from feeding themselves you are advocating for genocide. https://t.co/gYgrDlJJAr
— Michael (@HegKong) November 24, 2021
Yesterday.
Seanad Eireann.
Fianna Fáil Senator Gerry Horkan advocated banning the unjabbed from supermarkets and public transport.
Senator Horkan said:
“Here we are on 23 November and the month of December is traditionally the most important for the licensed trade and hospitality business, at between 2.5 and three times the normal month. It is not like closing in March, November or October. It is a significant month.
Of course we have to have balance and of course we have to make sure we are safe but it is so important that we encourage people. We must look at the figures and try to make sure everybody knows the vaccination system is very safe.
I know we got a lot of emails in response to something I said to the Leader on another day. They really work. If we look at the figures that came out yesterday, the 54% in ICU who are unvaccinated are generally younger and extremely healthy before they get Covid but they end up in ICU. They are healthy younger people who just did not think it would affect them.
Everybody who has been vaccinated and is in ICU has an underlying condition. We wish them all well. However, the point is that vaccines work.
As others have said, vaccine certificates should be required for entry into gyms and hairdressers. Why not introduce such a requirement for supermarkets and public transport? I know it is difficult to police some of these things, but really, if people want to participate in society, they need to be vaccinated.
If they do not want to participate in society, that is okay. They can stay at home; that is their business. However, unvaccinated people are putting themselves, their families, the rest of us and the economy at risk.
None of us wants a lockdown. It is in all of our hands to behave as best we can. We can socialise safely. If people are vaccinated, it is unlikely to do them too much harm if they do not have a pre-existing condition.
I ask the Leader to organise a proper discussion of this issue. New communities may not be as tuned into mainstream media, newspapers and radio. Let us ensure all are aware of the benefits of vaccination.”
Earlier: Urgent Medical Care
Meanwhile…
HSE's Paul Reid: "If you take the adult population, only about 7% haven't got two vaccines. That's a
highly disproportionate number of people we have in hospital –
for 7% of the adult population to represent close to 55% of our ICU capacity"— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) November 24, 2021
This morning.
Fianna Fáil Cork East TD James O’Connor
This afternoon.
Via RTÉ News:
The Dáil’s youngest TD is angered by the failure to include a by-pass for Castlemartyr and Killeagh in the National Development Plan this week.
He voiced his concern on Cork local radio station C103 this morning.
RTÉ News understands that he has been in talks with the Taoiseach since Sunday night.
Deputy O’Connor wants a firm, unambiguous commitment from Government this evening that the road upgrade will proceed.
Principled stand.
Pause.
Fight!
Fianna Fáil TD James O’Connor considering resigning from party (RTÉ)
Pic: Fianna Fáil
Marc MacSharry
In a letter to Micheal Martin, MacSharry said “all Fianna Fáil party positioning and policy are being determined in a fashion consistent with an undemocratic totalitarian regime rather than that of a democratic socialist republican party of and for the people”
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 15, 2021
Now you know how we all feel.
The Dáil will debate and vote on a Sinn Féin confidence motion in Simon Coveney later this evening.
More as we get it.
From top Micheál Martin with John McGuinness in 2015
This morning/afternoon.
Via Independent.ie:
Carlow-Kilkenny Deputy John McGuinness said a process should commence that would see the Micheal Martin replaced in a “constructive and respectable” manner
Deputy McGuinness, who is not attending Fianna Fáil’s party “think-in” in Cavan today, wrote a letter to the party’s Chief Whip Jack Chambers outlining the reasons why he believes Mr Martin should be replaced.
He told RTÉ Radio One that he is unhappy with the direction the party is taking and the handling of the 2020 general election.
“Fianna Fáil has been in the doldrums in terms of polls over the last 10 years. The first obligation is to have that discussion at party level. To decide how you’re going to move forward and to air your views and then to plan.
“I’m not expecting that we would have a new leader overnight. I’m expecting that we would do it differently. That we would give it time. That we would consider a process. That we would spread it out over a period and the candidates would then be given a chance to put their names forward, to discuss their agenda with the various members of the party and the organisation rather than a row that would happen and then a change.”
This afternoon.
Mansion House, Dublin 2.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin accompanied by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and the Lord Mayor of Dublin Alison Gilliland visit a display of items to mark the 100th anniversary of talks that would lead to the end of the War of Independence, including a typescript memorandum (above) with the proposed terms that came into effect on 11 July 1921.
What the UN and EU flags are doing there – other than demonstrating a dependence – is anyone’s guess.
Fight!
There’s communities being destroyed and terrorised. But you’re hanging the Gardaí out to dry when you won’t support the courts.@votemaryfitz #TonightVMTV #SinnFéin pic.twitter.com/rBJX0MB9rD
— Fianna Fáil (@fiannafailparty) June 24, 2021
Last night.
The Dail at the Convention Centre, Dublin.
Sinn Féin TDs walked out of the Dáil chamber before a vote to extend the Special Criminal Court for another year. Sinn Féin has previously said its TDs would abstain from the vote pending a review of the Court.
Sinn Féin TDs walk out of Dáil before Special Criminal Court vote (Independent.ie)
Meanwhile…
SCC has been criticised by Irish Council Civil Liberties, Amnesty International & United Nations for its procedure & being a special court, which ordinarily should not be used against civilians. Criticisms are the lack of a jury, & increasing use of court to try "ordinary" crimes
— Politics Watch (@PoliticsWatch14) June 24, 2021
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald says people don’t stand a chance in saving for a mortgage deposit when paying such high rents. She says the Covid-19 pandemic has hit ‘generation rent’ very hard. | Read more #politics: https://t.co/i7QdFQIed7 pic.twitter.com/utU5WINL4I
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 2, 2021
Taoiseach Micheál Martin says Sinn Féin lacks honesty on the housing issue. He accuses the party of opposing housing projects that could have led to affordable prices for renters. | Read more #politics: https://t.co/i7QdFQIed7 pic.twitter.com/SMBhkiJwJP
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) June 2, 2021
This afternoon.
The Dáil at the Convention Centre.
Taoiseach Micheal Martin said that the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien will “bring in legislation quickly” to close a loophole allowing an 8% rent hike for tenants.
However, he said that the Government is limited by the Constitution on introducing a blanket ban on rent increases.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said that “an entire generation is locked out of home ownership” because of high rents.
Not only do they face the prospect of the Government “cutting their income support”, she added, but they also face a “double whammy” of an 8% rent hike.
Loophole allowing 8% rent hike to be closed – Taoiseach (RTE)