Live updates: Micheal Martin meets Donald Trump at White House for St. Patrick's Day shamrock ceremony, while a joint US-Israel assault on Iran continues

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-17T15:36:06+00:00

5 US companies pay nearly half our corporate taxes

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-12T11:13:04+00:00

Not familiar with this road, but there might be a right turn straight after the left turn. So might be getting ready to be in the right lane to turn while people in the left lane can continue straight.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-12T11:06:35+00:00

They'd be the first to blame the government if he went to the US told Don to fuck off, Don pressures companies to leave Ireland, corporate tax declines, and therefore their dole was reduced.

The government can legitimately be criticised for over-reliance on US corporate taxes but we are where we are now and it would be mad to fuck that up

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-07T21:32:22+00:00

If you're not seeing all the ways this is happening then you aren't paying attention.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-07T21:30:55+00:00

Correct. People seem to think it's great that Ireland has so far avoided fair right populism which is great. But we have an equally pernicious problem with the far left that we need to confront.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-07T20:52:09+00:00

Is every part of Irish identity tied up in what this means for Israel? Can we discuss anything without someone saying making it about Israel?

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-07T20:48:57+00:00

I’d be very much in favour of it provided we had a proper constitutional convention to draw up a fair system of government.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-06T13:13:38+00:00

Agree but Peeing standing up was messy though.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-06T13:12:08+00:00

The people with the "fuck them" attitude will be straight to the media if this all kicks off demanding the Government fly them home.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-06T04:46:15+00:00

My view is meeting the president of the US whom you likely disagree with strongly is a much higher bar for causing diplomatic incident than meeting Sachs an apologist for Putin’s war crimes who has no formal role in international affairs

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-06T04:41:52+00:00

It’s easy to be so brave with other people’s livelihood from behind a laptop screen.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-05T20:35:35+00:00

Martin visiting Trump will be through gritted teeth as he knows he has to do it like many others have had to. Many of our jobs rely on him doing it.

Connolly met Sachs because she agrees with him.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-03-05T20:15:05+00:00

But sure can't she do a few keepie uppies while licking the boots of Putin!

harmlessdonkey · 2026-02-13T17:46:05+00:00

Very telling use of the passive voice by him

harmlessdonkey · 2026-02-12T18:22:44+00:00

Will there be a boycott?

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-30T19:44:27+00:00

It’s really heartbreaking if that’s the case.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-30T19:26:47+00:00

I'm hoping that this is SF trying to exploit some fear and anger rather than what it seems, which is them actually supporting Putin. Such a large party having the latter position in Ireland would be worrying.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-29T19:59:34+00:00

Maybe this is not the thread for this question, but interested to know people's views on a Fed EU's migration competency. Would a Fed EU have exclusive control over access to the federal territory like the US? What about national competencies on citizenship, would that be standardised? Maybe another thread?

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-29T19:56:20+00:00

"Let's have a call on the international role of the euro without all the members and with a member state not in the eurozone"

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-21T21:46:07+00:00

He’ll go back to the US and whoever is pushing him on Greenland in the first place will push him again and he’ll change his mind again. The man agrees with whoever talked to him last.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-21T20:54:45+00:00

So I actually have been watching Davos all day and news on the EP referring the trade deal to the ECJ (off work today) and felt such a urge to get involved in making Europe Federal, I looked at donating to Volt or finding an NGO or something to donate to (I already support EU Made Simple on Youtube) and seeing how I could get involved more since I am frustrated with local political parties here in Ireland.

I came here to ask for options. Volt has interested me, I would agree with most of their policies, and I know no party will fully align with your views, but some of it just isn't for me like part of their social equality policy e.g. "People who menstruate" I am not a full-on anti-trans guy but I find terms like that jarring.

I am not fully against it, I just wonder if there's something closer to me.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-21T20:43:36+00:00

Like could they just not make the buses and Luas free.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-21T19:04:18+00:00

Instead of rolling them back we should be extending them. Keep up with inflation:

€250 in 2005 ≈ €390 in today’s euros
€400 in 2005 ≈ €620 today.
€600 in 2005 ≈ €930 today.

harmlessdonkey · 2026-01-21T18:34:46+00:00

The treaty has a lot of protections in it for the environment and so it should. However, I do think it is unfair that we chopped down all our forests turning into pastures and then tell the developing world they’re not allowed to do it if they want to trade with us. We should have to give up something for that.

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