No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

you could say that about any government in the history of the state.

People’s default opinion is that the government aren’t doing enough no matter what’s possible or not.

Personally I respect the person that tells me it can’t be done than the lad that promises the sun moon and stars but delivers nothing

I didnt see that, that shows another side to him alright.

He was adamant that there was no such ultimatum if Danny voted against.

His boss is the electorate. He told the chief whip that he was voting no confidence.

Does anyone know exactly what the the "package of measures" will do for green diesel prices? I haven't seen it in any media to know. But surely it has to be more than a 2.4c/l reduction and it at roughly €1.60/l. That'll mean for me instead of paying €560 to fill the tractor it'll now be only €552. Farming is a love for me but I'll divorce that love soon with these prices.

FF/FG are essentially one party now with those within expecting a merger sooner or later. It will be difficult going forward from that to form a government without them.

At the end of the day the majority of people are just ordinary balanced folk and so centralist parties will be attractive come election time.

Not saying they get everything right but the progress is still moving forward for the country as a whole raising standards for everyone.

A child born now gets

2 years free preschool

Free schoolbooks for life

Free GP which has been extending regularly so possibly free during school years

Free hot school meals (massive for the least well off in society)

just an example of massive progress for wider society to help the less well off improve their chances of better education and a better life, none of these existed just 20 years ago.

Some of the biggest mistakes are things like the Corrib gas field. This should have been a partnership approach with private enterprise so we could build a national capability to extract our own energy

The children’s hospital contract debacle shows we need to tighten these contracts up considerably with real repercussions for contractors messing about.

The country has never been so well off.

Eaten bread soon forgotten spring to mind.

I voted FG last time round, primarily because there was a local FG man in the election. He didn't make it and remains a councillor who is bettering the home village bit by bit. But the election really should be about national things and what are candidates going to do nationally and internationally. FF/FG have ruined and subsequently rebuilt the country (I'm talking about the economy here) over the last 2 decades to a point where we're doing so well our results are excluded from EU wide datasets. We're awash with cash. Our standard of living, life expectancy, etc is among the best in the world. I'd be wary of voting in some populist and their magic money tree who pander to the useless for support.

I think the next time an election comes around I'll see who/what is going to tackle the waste. Who will tackle the myriad of NGOs and those who get financed by the government and then use that money to make life harder for sections of society despite it being the opposite of what the government want to do (think of An Taisce here and all the bolloxing they do around NAP, derogation, etc). We're a social welfare state at this point and that needs to be reigned in too. And wasting money on bolloxing needs to stop across the board.

And alongside all of that, people need to harden the **** up. When something goes a bit awry it's wall to wall whinging by a vocal cohort over the government not doing enough of this that and the other. Most people on here have got to where they are through hard work and determination. Those are skills we're quickly losing in favour of pampered layabouts expecting, and being told by many, that they are "entitled" to the world and it's mother.

The fine details haven’t come out yet but it appears you will also be eligible to get a 20 cent/litre rebate on all diesel you bought between March and July 2025 as a form of assistance towards buying diesel for this season.

I suppose it doesn’t but would there be many that category and if there is they must be using a fairly small volume of diesel so the rebate would be minimal anyway?

The majority of farmers would have a 1,000 - 1,500 litre tank and if that does them for a whole year then they’re obviously not very heavy users of diesel.