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If the journalists wanted their stories to be read, they wouldn’t have them all behind expensive paywalls! Every other online newspaper have some free articles.
The hounds of FF and FG will be set upon any journalist that dares to tell us what is going on. Look at what happened Aoife Moore after the Golfgate 4 got off. Whistleblowers can expect the same.
Unfortunately, my pension doesn’t extend as far as paying for new online newspapers. If it was free for a few months to draw us in, then I’d consider it. For the moment I’m happy with the online subscription I already have.
So I'm thinking if the likes of yourself are already dismissing it while knowing little about it or the article we can expect it's jurnos to be personally attacked in the near.
A bit pricey at €200 a year. They should have made it free to read for the first year or so. De Examiner is better value with recognised and trusted contributors for half the price.
I have access but haven't read it yet
Strangely when the Currency first reported this story the only people on this thread shouting about potential for "scandal" and asking what the big deal was were the government supporters (I believe it's called trying to get your retaliation in first)
As it's a story related to the government (and a very large public expense) this is surely the thread to post into? Though when's the last time the government cared about cost (apart from HEPA filters in schools)
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Many contributors.
“Has anyone experience of it?” No. Who are they?
I am hearing good things about this Currency news media in terms of good independent journalism. Has anyone experience of it?
Given the complete lack of comment on the article 5 hours post release, I can only assume either nobody has access to read it or else it's not as juicy as people were hoping? Anybody have it?
The only 3 retweets of the currency's tweet linking to the article are 3 journalists for the currency.
Would you go away with your positive news stories. We can’t be having that. Da Gubberment shouldn’t be shown in a good light.
€200 a year will allow you to read that and that's a saving of €100 a year or an introductory €5 for the first month. The site only gives up one paragraph free.
Great news.
Really shows up the people who blame everything on the minority alledgedly 'choosing not to work' on welfare. As opposed to the workers depending on welfare.
Certainly didn't expect to see 150k more in employment now than 2 years ago, given everything that has gone on.
Record number of people with jobs, the government must be doing something right.
In general terms they are and are left to it but the MoE can step in if they are paying silly buggers. It is rarely used but Gormley stopped Monaghan CC from zoning for a potential population increase of 182% over a six-year period way back in 2007 and it happened with Cork CC last year over a retail plan but they appealed against it and won. That new OPR office has powers to intervene and also to provide recommendations to the Minister.
You can be sure those cages will be rattled during the election campaign...should be fun. Unique times.
There has to be a number of genuine FF or FG members who have a bad taste in their mouth dealing with each other. Nearly half the greens did anyway.
As Pat Rabbitt said "It's what you do to win elections."
'Disingenuous'?
Both of them lied through their teeth to the electorate. Call a spade a spade.
The John Delaney remark is disngenuous but in the same league as Martin ruling out coalition with FG. Especially when Varadkar also said this
Dublin Council tried to make it so all new build to rent estates with above 100 homes had 40% available for individuals to purchase. But they got blocked by the planing regulator saying there wasn't enough evidence to support it.
Here we are told the councils are in charge of housing policy.
Roisin Shortall (SD) correct in saying Slaintecare has stalled.
So Leo retains credibility but Martin loses his?
But that's how the game is played Francie in countries where there are no fixed alliances between parties but deals have to be done between them to form a government. You absolutely slaughter the other guy in debates and interviews but as long as you don't actually say "I will not go into government with him" then the voters understand that that option is still open. Varadkar stayed the right side of that line but Martin crossed it, explicitly ruling out coalition with both FG and SF, which left him in an impossible position after the election.
Well if you say something like that in a debate and then a wet week later you are sitting in government with the person you likened to John Delaney....who has no credibility? Me, who just quoted the line or Leo, who actually said it?
Yer man Watt has some notion of himself
They obviously won't say that on campaign. Anyone with the slightest interest in politics shouldn't need to be told that.
The Delaney remark was made by the leader of FG in a leaders debate. Your pedantry won't change that it was used and therefore more than credible but actually used political discourse.
The bar is that low. We might get a few movie quotes as well.
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