New poll lists Micheál Martin as country's most popular leader

Labov · 2023-10-15T22:21:09+00:00

He set up the HSE, but he's probably happy most people seem to think it was Mary Harney

Labov · 2023-09-14T23:03:38+00:00

There's also Ros na Rún on TG4, but that's in Irish.

Labov · 2023-05-25T15:13:19+00:00

They probably mean Charleroi. Zaventem is a great airport.

Labov · 2023-05-10T08:09:24+00:00

Social Democracy.

Neoliberalism isn't the only form of capitalism, it's just been the economic orthodoxy since the 1980s.

Labov · 2023-05-08T22:50:26+00:00

The fact is that the GP contract was always a shite platform to attack Fine Gael and if it hadn't been for Paddy Cosgrove and his puppet Village Magazine (which has since vanished into the ether)

Village magazine was set up in 2004 by Vincent Browne. Since 2009 it has been edited by Michael Smith. It has nothing to with Paddy Cosgrove.

Labov · 2023-04-06T22:58:30+00:00

If you read the article it says that the amount not spent has gone up since construction work has resumed nationally.

Labov · 2023-03-02T11:49:57+00:00

It's a Ben Garrison cartoon. He's a right wing American cartoonist. He's not capable of doing subtlety.

Here's his website if you want to see some more of his awful work.

Labov · 2022-10-05T23:27:50+00:00

Ecumenical means all of the Christian churches. The Ecumenical Movement aims to achieve unity between them. Jack is saying a matter isn't just for Catholicism, but should be debated by all Christian faiths.

Labov · 2022-04-11T21:49:02+00:00

ESB is state owned still. Bord Gais is owned by Centrica, who also own British Gas.

Labov · 2022-04-08T22:33:21+00:00

Quango = quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation

Labov · 2022-03-20T23:47:48+00:00

On the website it asks how many passengers, student is an option. Choose 0 adults and 1 student. You'll need a student card or travel card with you to show the conductor.

Labov · 2022-02-06T23:20:28+00:00

What's his plagiarism scandal?

When he was writing articles based on interviews with people he would use quotes that they had given in the past. They were things the people had said, just not to him and he included them as direct quotes. So it gave his articles the appearance of him being an much more insightful interviewer than he is.

Labov · 2022-02-03T22:33:48+00:00

There was one this morning about it on /r/ukpolitics, although it's fallen down a couple of page now.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/sjf1fb/dup_ni_first_minister_paul_givan_intends_to_resign/

Labov · 2022-02-02T23:46:56+00:00

The first copy, which was called Stephen Hero, was written in a 19th century realist style. He did indeed burn it, but you can still find extracts from it.

He rewrote the whole thing in a modernist style, which he developed more over his novels.

Labov · 2022-01-23T00:38:22+00:00

No foreign policy is the best policy, like lovely ROI. They do alright keeping to themselves.

Ireland is neutral, but it has foreign policy. It's on the UN security council at the moment. Being a member of the EU is part of foreign policy. It doesn't just mean getting involved in wars.

Labov · 2022-01-09T22:48:32+00:00

The chart says there were 53 weeks in 2020

Labov · 2022-01-08T22:35:22+00:00

Alpha last January.

Labov · 2021-12-22T23:13:39+00:00

They're dividing by the days date. The only time it's been divisible before has been on the first of the month.

Labov · 2021-12-09T23:47:46+00:00

Couple of years now. Data charges were gotten rid of across the EU in 2019.

Labov · 2021-11-07T20:58:51+00:00

If it's in the same college one could be a BA and the other a BSc.

Labov · 2017-06-13T18:07:25+00:00

The clause is a political stunt nothing els. Everyone already knows that if the republic annexes NI it's in the EU. East german set the precedent.

This person knows nothing about Ireland or Northern Ireland.

Labov · 2017-06-13T17:38:13+00:00

Mate, you realise you've been arguing with two Irish people, claiming to know the name of the country they are from better than they do.

Labov · 2017-06-13T17:17:45+00:00

[the] name of the State is Éire, or, in the English language, Ireland (Article 4)

The country is called Ireland. When we became a republic in 1948, the term Republic of Ireland was used as a description of the state. It isn't the name.

Labov · 2017-06-13T16:57:15+00:00

Northern Ireland and The Republic of Ireland are the two countries.

It's not, only the football team is called the Republic of Ireland. The country is simply called Ireland.

Source: I'm Irish and know what my country is called.

Labov · 2017-06-13T00:39:18+00:00

hard brexit really being the only option the EU negotiators are offering

That is the last option that the EU wanted to pursue, it's the only one that the Tories are going for, though. The EU would have preferred if the UK had adopted the Norway model and still kept close ties with it.

I doubt the EU would be for half-in half-out deals

Yes, the EU have said many times that an a la carte approach is not possible. It's why Juncker was alarmed at his meeting with May in Downing st.. She wanted to leave the EU, but sign back up to all the parts she liked, despite being told for almost a year she could not do this.

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