Annette Cafferty

@Quinlan5Mick @Independent_ie Yes we all remember them and the shimmy shakes. All medication has risk but I’d rather not develop cervical cancer and die… just my outlook.

@Independent_ie Would that be your disinformation?

School take-up of HPV vaccine falls as health officials say ‘disinformation’ to blame buff.ly/l3afTEs

@Irlheff @thejournal_ie One bill can amend another. They can just carve out an exemption under a new bill. It’s an interesting case though.

@annettecaff @thejournal_ie Equal status act applies to people over 18. So your point is invalid.

A bill has passed in the UK that will ban anyone born after 2008 from ever being able to buy tobacco. Do you think a generational smoking ban should be considered in Ireland? Vote below: jrnl.ie/7019929

@Irlheff @thejournal_ie We already limit a lot of things based on age. The voting age is codified in the Constitution but if you’re saying this would be unconstitutional then so is restricting people from driving, drinking, stopping a 16yo from seeing a movie rated 18

@thejournal_ie It would probably be unconstitutional as it would discriminate against people on the basis of age

@Pirteshh @thejournal_ie Which article of our* Constitution? (The UK doesn’t have a codified constitution).

@thejournal_ie No. Either a full ban or no ban. Generational bans are highly discriminatory and should be unconstitutional.

@Independent_ie How soon we’ve forgotten the likes of Vicky Phelan, Laura Brennan, Adrienne Cullen, Emma Mhic Mhathúna, even Jade Goody.

@devane_fran @brianmlucey @irish_lassie27 Same question. let’s say u are the leader of the your own Party. Your party supports X and you’ve nominated Ms Smith. Then independent Y comes looking for the nomination. They are ur political opposite and don’t align with your party. Why would u then nominate them?

@annettecaff @brianmlucey @irish_lassie27 Because as the government in place, you are meant be run elections fairly and give all candidates a fair crack whether you agree with their politics or not. You are meant to allow the people to decide who their president will be from a full field, not a group of insiders.

Yes he won't be remembered for 40 years as a politician and as attorney General and as irregular media commentator and as the leader of a political party..... Hell be remembered for not giving the knock to somebody who would get 10% on a good day. Cop on with yourself

@irish_lassie27 @devane_fran @brianmlucey If the intention was to allow any1 to run then the Constitution wouldn’t put in barriers. If he was on the ballot a not small number of voters would pick an mma fighter. There had to be a balance between democratic will & constitutional ability. Any1 can be a TD Cllr MEP Senator

@annettecaff @devane_fran @brianmlucey Because the presidential election should be based on who the people want and not who the government decide who is allowed run That's dangerous thinking.

@irish_lassie27 @devane_fran @brianmlucey Ok let’s say you are the leader of the Irish Lassie Party. Your party supports X and you’ve nominated Ms Smith. Then independent Y comes looking for the nomination. They are your political opposite and don’t align with your party. Why would then turn around and nominate them?

@annettecaff @devane_fran @brianmlucey So in other words the government only allowed their own candidates run. Thank you for confirming. That isn't undemocratic at all

@devane_fran @brianmlucey @irish_lassie27 The Constitution clearly outlines the process for nominating a candidate for President. Why would u nominate someone u are ideologically opposed to just to give them a chance. If there was more right leaning electors she’d have been nominated. Their wasn’t as they weren’t elected

@brianmlucey @irish_lassie27 Regardless of whether or not she should have started her run earlier, she should have been allowed onto that ticket. It is clear to us with eyes to see that the establishment did not let her on the ticket because their globo/eu bosses didn't want an uncontrolled president.

@NoAIControl @RedDave14 @0KFW0 For god sake it’s been the same way since 1936. If you don’t know that a: the Council of State exists, is b: a literal constitutional body and c: who’s on it then maybe don’t complain and educate yourself on the topic before whinging about it.

@RedDave14 @0KFW0 Keep believing that. The truth is in plain sight. We’re under occupation by a treasonous nation & illegal rogue international EU

Who on Earth are the 11 people in red? And why are the 2 politicians in blue considered constitutional experts? And where are Bertie Ahern and Brian Cowen?

@raggedlines Decisions are made by those who show up. Fully on board with compulsory voting though.

His party got 22% of the vote in the last election. Turnout was 60% so his mandate is about 13% of the electorate.

@terricorrigan1 @Toibin1 The fuel allowance funded by the carbon tax.

@Toibin1 Was he not in receipt of fuel allowance as all pensioners are.

An elderly gentleman I know was found sitting in front of an electric oven to keep warm. He couldn't afford to buy oil or sticks to heat the house. Mícheál Martin has to go. aontu.ie/join-us/

@Toibin1 Wear a jumper.

@PatriotEire @rtenews Hi UAE government? What's up. Listen I know you're busy with the whole war stuff but can you do us a solid and pick up that bad guy we need a distraction from the whinge de jour. Cheers, sound lads.

@rtenews Quick quick we need a distraction and a big one...someone go get Daniel Kinahan to saturate the media for a few weeks, they will all lap that up especially after we showed them that drama Kin glorifying gangland celebs to the masses...said RTE bosses.

Daniel Kinahan has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates rte.ie/news/2026/0417…

@kenoflynnTD No one in Leinster house likes you. The cs put on go slow response.

If the Social Democrats want to talk about standards of debate, they might have thought to let me know before they let journalists know that they'd gone to the teacher. We didn't shout over female TDs. We shouted over Ministers. But I congratulate the Social Democrats on being able to tell the difference - I had genuinely thought they didn't know what a woman was. It is a bold new strategy which sees an opposition party filing a formal complaint because government Ministers were held to account. Not even their own Ministers. Someone else's. The Social Democrats remain the only party in Leinster House who would remind the teacher she forgot to assign homework. #fuelprotest #ireland

@TheLedge1916 @Toibin1 It’s always that one area with you guys and the one tired example. Why not just leave the trans community alone the vast majority of which are law abiding citizens.

@annettecaff @Toibin1 We will follow suit the majority want it brought in anyway. Madness putting men into women's prisons and visa versa

This time last year, the Supreme Court in Britain unanimously ruled that 'woman' refers to biological sex, not acquired gender. Little or nothing has been done to implement that ruling. In Ireland, Aontú is the only party that can say a woman is a female adult.

@winser53 @Toibin1 Ok… and? The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom can decide what it likes. Ireland is a separate and independent country and not bound by its rulings. I’d have thought Aontu and the ilk would know that…

@annettecaff @Toibin1

@TheLedge1916 @Toibin1 Except in the main cases where this doesn’t happen. Despite the vocal anon, troll and bot accounts on social media, Ireland has firmly ensconced LGBTQ+ into law. Obviously more to be done and the risk of democratic backsliding.

@annettecaff @Toibin1 Because if the uk changes anything we usually follow suit

@OConnorAston @thejournal_ie They are appointed by the heads of state/government of the member states. Similar to our own cabinet. Indirect democracy. It wouldn’t not be practical to elect the commission, the risk being they may not elect someone with qualifications in their portfolio.

@annettecaff @thejournal_ie I know exactly hiw the unelected Ursula and her 27 unelected commission got in, just like evrry other sane person in Europe..they SELECT they,re minions..Ursulas democracy is a tyrannts version

Hungary's incoming primce minister Peter Magyar has vowed to shut down his country’s public service broadcaster until he can "ensure it is impartial". In an appearance on MTVA, his first in 18 months, Magyar said the “fake news broadcast here must stop”. jrnl.ie/7014193