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@Nick_Delehanty And the forecourts will instantly respond.......not

So its all over...??

@circlete @Ben_Scallan Ah Mary. Get under your bed quick. The world is going to end, and it's all the fault of Ireland's carbon emissions

@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.

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.

@DarraghOBrienTD I thought they had to cut arrivals from Belfast recently? Insufficient capacity at Connolly

Good news for commuters, from Monday April 20th, a new early morning service will run from Drogheda to Dublin Connolly, serving Donabate and Malahide. Train departs Drogheda at 6.05am and arrives in Dublin at 7:09am.

@kenoflynnTD Brilliant

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

@Niall_Boylan The wealthy kilkenny farmer truly believes Ireland is the cause of climate change

If you read this garbage you will never get the ten minutes of your life back. Carbon tax or taxing people because you tell them it will change the climate is the biggest lie believed by a small percentage of people.

@FineGael Survivors can waive their insurance requirements?

For too long, cancer survivors have been effectively shut out of owning their own homes. Fine Gael wants to change this. Our ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ law will make mortgage insurance fairer for people who’ve had cancer 👇

@Niall_Boylan Can't understand why the focus is not on the do nothing minister for finance

It’s very obvious that Micheál Martin is in serious leadership trouble. Let’s be clear, a general election would likely change very little, as the same coalition could well return with a majority. So, if we hope for the removal of Harris and Martin, the best we could hope for more reasonable replacements. I know, and agree, that @OCallaghanJim didn’t do his reputation much good in the minds of the public with his handling of the protests. However, I genuinely believe that if we are stuck with an FF and FG government, he has been restricted from doing the right thing by Martin’s leadership in Fianna Fáil. I could be wrong, but I do believe he is sincere and cares about the country. If there were an election, and being realistic about it, the best we could hope for is a Fianna Fáil government led by Jim, alongside Aontú and Independent Ireland. Failing that, a Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition with Aontú and Independent Ireland. I just hope I’m not here in a few months eating humble pie.

@Independent_ie The attention should be on the do nothing minister for finance

Taoiseach insists his position not under threat ‘in any shape or form’ as Fianna Fáil TDs sound out senior ministers to lead heave against him buff.ly/SkeltJO

@thejournal_ie The questions should be focused on the do nothing minister for finance

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said he doesn’t feel his leadership of Fianna Fáil is under threat “in any shape or form” following criticism of his handling of the fuel protests last week. jrnl.ie/7014689

@HMcEntee You feast on matters overseas to deflect what is happening at home

I condemn the brutal Russian air attacks on Ukrainian cities overnight which killed and wounded many civilians. Among those killed was a 12-year-old boy. Yet again, Russia shows it has no interest in peace. We must increase pressure on Putin and give Ukraine the support it needs.

@Independent_ie And the unqualified minister for finance hasn't a scooby doo what to do

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

@MichealMartinTD Pray tell. How come the autopsy of the recent protest is about you and not the absent minister for finance? #TonightVMTV #rtept

Good to join colleagues from 14 EU countries in constructive discussions on setting a minimum age for accessing social media. Momentum building towards a common EU approach to protecting children online.

#TonightVMTV Fitzgerald is living in an academic ivory tower.

@NewstalkFM Whenever per capita is rolled out, they are losing. Per capita is a weak argument, statistics 1.1

Marian Harkin has said the Government’s fuel package is the “best in the EU” and she never considered resigning like Michael Healy-Rae. newstalk.com/news/marian-ha…

@rtenews For the alzhiemers benefit it should be rolled out

Medical experts have called for a full national vaccination programme for adults, similar to what is available for children and for the shingles vaccine to be made free for older people rte.ie/news/health/20…

@Ben_Scallan Gratuitously installed in the Senate

Why do we all have to collectively lie and pretend this individual is qualified to be a legislator?

@griptmedia Should have spoken before the confidence vote. Its just window dressing now. We're not fools

Fianna Fáil's three youngest TDs have issued a statement saying that "the social contract is strained to breaking point." "We are deeply worried that the lesson that many of our age will take from recent events is that our politics are not working": gript.ie/fianna-fail-td…

@FineGael Amazing how they're not allowed call people who fish the seas Fishermen anymore

This week, Fine Gael announced a package to help protect farmers and hauliers from an unprecedented global energy crisis. Meanwhile, Sinn Féin is focused on performative stunts.

@griptmedia The tanaiste has no confidence in his minister?

"I certainly don't think there's any need for any sort of formal review": Tánaiste Simon Harris disagrees with his own party colleague Media Minister Patrick O'Donovan, who called for Coimisiún na Méan to review media outlets' coverage of the fuel protests.

@GillSherratt23 @SimonHarrisTD A stain on the people of Wicklow

Well well well, I’m now on the infamous @SimonHarrisTD block list. Not on here (yet) but it appears he blocked me a while ago on TikTok 🤣