New Government of FF + FG + Regional Inds + Healy Raes

The vast majority of consumers won't care about quality. If they see an Irish steak and a Brazilian steak on the shelf, they will go with the cheaper one

If that was the case then Barry's and Lyons tea wouldn't be surviving with all those supermarket brands. Yes price can be a factor but it's by no means the only factor in a person's decision.

Brazilian beef is already available here, just there's tariffs applied, so all those auful things you are worried about are already in our food chain. Only difference is now it will be slightly cheaper. But Irish beef is so cheap here anyway I don't see it making an impact. Maybe in other European countries you might have a point

Remember that everybody has a right to refuse treatment, if I was in my 90s I'd be refusing point-blank to go to hospital, better that I die at home today than in UHL tomorrow

These kinds of articles should have both sides of the coin in them when discussing such topics.

I'm actually surprised that RTE have this as an article and then also have a separate article that there were more housing completions in 2025 than in 2024.

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0129/1555752-cso-housing-completions/

Containing all the information in one article helps prevent the pure politicisation of topics (on both sides. Either for Govt PR or oppositional opportunity to jump on a blame game)

Please, journalists, just put everything relevant in an article and let the reader make an informed decision.

If there was a newspaper website called FF4Life.ie, all we'd see is the second headline, house completions up. If there was a newspaper website called hateFF.ie, all we'd see is how house starts are down. Neither of which are the full picture.

It's exactly the type of thing, these little context, clickbait headlines that just fuel echo chambers on all sides on Twitter, Reddit, even here.

Am I imagining it or are opinion polls now nearly a monthly thing? I thought they were done on a bi annual, or quarterly basis.

For the most part though, they’re pointless.

The cadence is always quite variable but there has never been a fixed schedule.

There are three common commissioners of polls - Irish Times, Irish Independent, Business Post - with a few other rare ones.

The most important one is the five minute Liveline telepoll 😀 which in no way can be influenced 😄

M17 finished in 2017 and there has also been very substantial M11 works since 2010. There were a surprisingly high number of road starts under the FG Labour government considering the lack of cash, then crickets once Shane Ross got in charge.

Homeless figures up again.

It’s crazy how the same people are in the same positions all the while why the biggest crisis in the state gets worse.