Floppybits wrote: » That doesn't sound like a FG TD. :DI remember my ex local FG TD made some nasty comments on a radio station during an election but when they got a back lash from the public they were running to the gardai to report death threats. Funnily enough this was never heard of again. Thankfully people in my election seen sense in the last election and gave them the boot.
Floppybits wrote: » Varadkar being investigated for failing to protect a whistle-blower.https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40187652.html?type=amp&__twitter_impression=true
golfball37 wrote: » Reading that it would seem more on Flanagan. Leo referred him back to the min for Justice which sounds like the correct protocol from his point of view
Geuze wrote: » Approx 5-8% of workers are on the min wage, mostly young people. Increasing the min wage to Living Wage would have little impact on poverty, as most min wage workers live in non-poor households.
The CSO estimates that around 137,000 employees are earning the minimum wage or less. Previous studies suggest that up to twice as many people again may be earning more than the minimum wage but less than the living wage
Deleted User wrote: » Attention to detail. Using a mixed breed claiming it was a thoroughbred was a schoolchild error.
Councillor McManus commented ‘In a desperate attempt to mislead the Irish public, the Social Democrats leader Catherine Murphy and Holly Cairns posed outside the Dáil with ‘Potter’ as their ‘abandoned greyhound’. Social media posts by the dog’s owner (former Social Democrats employee) have revealed that the dog is a lurcher, and not a greyhound. The Social Democrats are seeking to destroy over 5,000 greyhound racing jobs on a whim. They have now been exposed engaging in a Trump style deception. They have stoked up a Twitter mob and haven’t done even the most basic research. Their motion to defund greyhound racing is littered with inaccuracies. The Social Democrats should apologise to greyhound owners across Ireland. To save further embarrassment, they should remove their Dáil motion and do some basic research into the racing industry
smurgen wrote: » So ireland now has Europe's highest housing costs according to Eurostat. Highest cost and lower than average home ownership. And instead of tackling issues they'll bury their head in the sand.https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/ireland-has-eus-highest-housing-cost-after-ten-years-of-surging-prices-39850377.html
is_that_so wrote: » Here's Leo talking again about things - apparently regretting he didn't call an election at Easter. I would have thought there was a more obvious reason!https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1210/1183735-varadkar-politics-election/
UDAWINNER wrote: » they only murder catholics. Leo the leak should stay off twitter
UDAWINNER wrote: » https://twitter.com/LeoVaradkar/status/1337115096829583361 Can someone enlighten me what this fcucker or FG ever did for the north, only lick up to the unionists by wearing a poopy or campaign for the SDLP. Never heard a peep out of them about decommisioning loyalists weapons, they're ok, they only murder catholics. Leo the leak should stay off twitter
McMurphy wrote: » I was under the impression he didn't have the luxury of deciding that himself due to not having the numbers to support the vote on Simon Harris.
golfball37 wrote: » Every time he opens his mouth SF get more support because of the oxygen he gives them.
smurgen wrote: » Another fine mess unearthed this morning it seems. This reminds me of the leaving certificate fiasco traced back to the company being ran out of the house in Toronto. "The HSE paid €14.1m to an Irish company for ventilators from China which were never used due to "issues with the quality". In March, the HSE recruited an Irish-based events management company, Roqu Media International Limited. It is unclear what background Roqu, a company with a track record in festival management in the Middle East, had in the procurement of medical products. Roqu, owned by Westmeath native Mr Quirke and first incorporated in 2017, had no Irish trading history previous to the HSE deal per its 2018 accounts. Mr Quirke, a 41-year-old former IDA executive who describes himself as the president and CEO of Roqu Group, is also the firm’s sole employee, while the company’s headquarters is based in an apartment complex in Dublin"https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40189284.html
Cluedo Monopoly wrote: » I don't get it - Covidien make 20+% of the world's ventilators here in Ireland. I believe Covidien are now owned by Medtronic who have a huge presence here. Why would the HSE be buying dodgy ventilators from China. This needs to be investigated. And I don't think our stock of ventilators was the problems - it was beds and suitably trained nurses. Both Leo and Harris were Health ministers, were they asleep at the wheel again??
Bowie wrote: » Smells like 'looking after our own'. This is like the old crony building contracts the state use to engage in were you give a pal a massive contract for a cut, all he has is a P.O. box somewhere and once he gets the money he hires someone else to actually do the work at a cheaper rate.
Nobotty wrote: » Something similar went on across the water with a middle man sourcing ppe early in the pandemic They made millions Its incompetence I don't know anything about dodgy ventilators but I do know that Ireland can't nationalise a private American company making them here They have to source them on the open market So really the fact 20% of them in the world might be made here is beside the point
smurgen wrote: » That doesn't explain how a one man company specializing in events planning in the middle east operating out of a residential apartment won a state contract for specialist medical devices.
