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@fingalpimpernel Lot of people out of their minds so. Maybe when they allow BYD into the market without taxing the shit out of them we might see a better uptake in EV’s. Realistically they need to make EV vans and HGV’s more affordable at the outset if they want to see significant change.

Anybody buying a new ICE vehicle here in 2026 is absolutely out of their minds

@circlete @Ben_Scallan You don’t have to educate me on 1 specific thing. I’m very aware how the current regulates N. Hemisphere temps. Our planet can handle climate/sea level change etc. It can’t handle the speed we’re killing off ecosystems, poisoning fresh water & increasing radioactivity.

@IrishGamer18 @Ben_Scallan e-pages.dk/irishexaminer/…

Irish voters believed Eamon Ryan and the Green Party were responsible for many policies that they hate, e.g. carbon tax, ultra wokeness, etc. The public were under the impression that FFG were basically sensible and competent at their core, and were simply being forced to make concessions to radical environmentalists against their better judgement for the sake of holding the coalition together. So the voters destroyed the Green Party and reduced their Dáil share from 12 seats to 1, but kept FFG around, assuming they'd get a steady hand of the old parties unencumbered by window box salads and wolves. And yet now the Greens are gone, but the policies people hate remained. It's almost like the Green Party weren't actually the primary culprit, and were only a convenient mudguard for the bigger parties, who are actually the primary defenders of this stuff.

@JakesOlasupo @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie Do you work

@IrishGamer18 @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie

Price of goods will rise along with escalating fuel costs, Simon Harris warns buff.ly/4W53jhk

@amonsterd @DJohnT1122 @CorkGourmetGuy Blocked 😂 such conviction 😂 Well I was expecting something insightful… You knew everything you needed to know about everything since you climbed into that echo chamber in 2023 that you’re still squealing into 😂😂 Imagine how much you could have learned in those 3 years.

@amonsterd @DJohnT1122 @CorkGourmetGuy One of the stupidest threads I’ve read in a while. Funny that you’re so proud of it you’re still peddling it 3 years later 😂

A key tactic from the far-right is to constantly question the position of any centrist or socialist leader. What is happening to Micheál Martin is also happening to Keir Starmer. The idea is to make them look weak despite recent election victories & prevent them doing their job.

@JakesOlasupo @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie Oh sweet child. Don’t be naive. Truck drivers are on clock cards - do you think they don’t know how to get around it? Farmers work whatever hours they have to. People get sent home from work with work. People go above and beyond. How can you not know this?

@IrishGamer18 @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie This particular guy didn't say he's self employed. He claimed to be clocking in 60hrs every week, which is against the law. But nice try there!

@circlete @Ben_Scallan Climate change is a real issue in the same way our sun might decide to cook us is a real issue. We could realistically stop poisoning our water and destroying the planets ecosystems - but that’s achievable - like how we removed CFC’s from products. Action not taxation.

@Ben_Scallan The problem with you Ben, is that you don’t understand that a Government must lead and not follow. What is good for the country and what is good for a particular sector can be polls apart. Climate change is a real issue but you stick the head in the sand.

@JakesOlasupo @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie If you read my first sentence it’s exactly what I said 😂 Public sector and high paid jobs might have very good work balance but there are many people getting up at 5am and not home until 8/9pm. Monday to Saturday is not unusual. Own your own business? Double the hours!

@IrishGamer18 @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie I bet you also know a lot of people who work 60hrs every week?

@JakesOlasupo @JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie I know lots of people who work 12 hours a day…the fact you’re so shocked about that and find it so unbelievable really says a lot about you 😂

@JasonLawlor1003 @Independent_ie 12hrs days? Explain how you work 60hrs every week?

@GaelicChieftain @JakesOlasupo @Ben_Scallan Nor do I think the electorate is stupid enough to vote in headbangers. An end to the FF/FG love in is all people really want. No more rotating Taoisigh.

@JakesOlasupo @Ben_Scallan We don’t need a bunch of head bangers. We just need a fairly normal centre right party to replace the gonzo parties FF and FG have morphed into.

We're not dealing with an isolated cock-up here or there - there's a clearly identifiable pattern of consistently underestimating how unpopular certain things are with the public. There's obviously a lack of understanding among senior politicians as to how certain things come across to the median voter. A sample of things Government has badly misread the room on in recent years: - Hate speech legislation (expended huge political capital trying to get it passed and ultimately had to abandon the speech element entirely - Regina Doherty, when she was leader of the Seanad, said she'd never received so much negative correspondence about a piece of legislation in her political career) - Family and care referendum (lost comprehensively, biggest defeat margin for a referendum in the history of the State) - Immigration (had to radically change their policies and rhetoric after years of sustained protests) - Blocking Maria Steen for the Presidency (backfired horribly, caused both Government parties to bomb in the election, historically awful result that led to unprecedented vote spoilage nationwide) - Running Jim Gavin (self-explanatory) And now, most recently, the fuel protests. And that's all in just a couple of short years, all in quick succession, one after another. You can't look at that and tell me it's not a pattern.

@JakesOlasupo @Ben_Scallan Get out the measuring tape….I need to know just how far right all these people are!

@Ben_Scallan All the point mentioned, apart from the fuel protest came subsequently before an election. The far-right still took a beating at the polls. That can only mean one thing; people who are genuinely not happy with the govt don't see the far-right as the alternative.

Sinéad O’Sullivan: The protests aren't just about fuel, they're a revolt against a hollow state... jrnl.ie/7011572

@realLangerDan @thejournal_ie We had little choice. Most suckered up to steady the ship. And they voted in FG to do it. Now it’s FF/FG together in perpetuity. Services creaking, no end to USC, while parking billions to not overheat the leprechaun economy People have had enough.

@thejournal_ie Sorry? Where were they in 2011 when FF bankrupted the State and caused national humiliation by setting in sequence the arrival of the IMF? But sending a green tow truck to remove blockaders from creating nations food and fuel panic pushed them over the edge? Seriously?

Fianna Fáil politicians tell Taoiseach that life-long party supporters have said they will never vote for the party again after the government's handling of the fuel protests jrnl.ie/7011568

@john003 @rtenews Protestors were treated with contempt and now the Govt is out trying to report journalists for reporting on it to their satisfaction. The general public were generally a little too wise for them. They look wobbly. A PR disaster we will look back at is my guess

@rtenews The fuel protesters won and got a deal from the government..They even postponed the carbon tax increase which was amazing.. Protesters need to quit when they are ahead no more road closures please..

Ireland's fuel supply chains will take a number of days to return to normal, the National Emergency Coordination Group has said rte.ie/news/ireland/2…

The National Union of Journalists are the latest group being brought to heel by the Irish Government. And after everything you’ve done to normalise Fianna Fáil and Fine Gaels cosy little power dynamic…

Are the people who voted for Verona Murphy in the last general election satisfied with their vote?? #fuelprotest

@thejournal_ie I’d like to see this cosy up between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael become as extinct as a mammoth. Seriously - how long are these two parties going to prop each other up?

Government has announced a mammoth fuel support package - costed at over half a billion euro - after six days of protests against fuel costs jrnl.ie/7010619

@WiretapMediaCa Is this real?

🚨EXPOSED: Irish patriots RIP THE MASK OFF a government FED planted in the National Fuel Protest—caught red-handed scheming to turn a peaceful rebellion into violent chaos!

@brianmlucey @businessposthq We spent a fortune on renewable energy projects to meet our climate targets… Guess what happened? The power was gobbled up by Data Centres and we are being fined BILLIONS.

@businessposthq Yeah let's break EU law and get fined

Matt Cooper: Here’s a solution, axe the carbon tax businesspost.ie/analysis-opini…

@garrethmcdaid @declanganley History is full of ‘illegal’ acts that were morally right

@declanganley Peaceful does not mean it's legal.

Here tonight at Galway Port at the #FuelProtest, this is a peaceful, organised, kind and highly committed crowd. ☘️