Fine Gael leader Simon Harris says he’s appointing Deputy leader Helen McEntee as the party’s “lead negotiator” in the Government formation talks with parties like Fianna Fáil.
Swedish academic, Prof. Göran Adamson, says Swedish politics is still coming to terms with how immigration has fundamentally changed the country. https://brussels.mcc.hu/publication/multiculturalism-in-flames-swedens-rude-awakening
Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis tells Gript that the tallies are “very promising” for his party early in the #GeneralElection24 count. He adds that, if the numbers are possible, his party would ideally like to form a Government with “others on the Left.”
#GE24: Ben Scallan asks Micheál Martin if he accepts that ruling out a government with Fine Gael in 2020 was a lie, and if he will “apologise” to the public:”Do you accept that you lied?””We made commitments. We weren’t in a position to follow through on those commitments.”
On Michael Dwyer’s death. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/trsi-417-we-know-not-how-late-the-hour-is/ Available on Spotify & iTunes Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2BXBpMbjzeYJlwTIi3BmAK iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/trsi/id1502422176
“Derek Blighe should have been in that debate” – John and Sarah discuss the RTÉ debate, and the campaign where all the parties agree and are having fake rows about nothing of importance. PODCAST: https://gript.ie/podcasts/debate-from-hell/
Dublin dad faces prospect of jail after erecting cabin to house wife and kids on family land without planning permission. Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/vrcomFI4rZA?si=YINEYW913oMV27QD
Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin says it is “disappointing” that some political parties didn’t publish a manifesto before the general election debate, meaning their policies couldn’t be as scrutinised. #GE24
Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman admits that he has put in planning objections previously, but defends this on the basis that “Not every planning application is a good planning application.” #GE24
Ben Scallan: “What would Labour’s pitch be on the issue of immigration?” Ivana Bacik: “…We are a party that believes in the value of diversity. We stand firm against the politics of division and hate.” #GE24
“We have an open mind about that” – Taoiseach Simon Harris says Fine Gael might consider offshore processing of migrants in a European context, and says his party no longer wishes to use hotels to accommodate asylum seekers: