This old chestnut.
08.03.2026 14:55
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This old chestnut.
It was around this time last year that the government started saying rent controls were the problem
Around Banbridge tomorrow night? I will be in the Town Hall at 7pm, with Prof Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social of QUB. Talking about my research on the UK subvention and the possible economic costs and benefits of a united Ireland. Report here
all-islandeconomy.com/analysing-th...
US Committee report accuses Ireland of censorship.
Comisúin na Meán trusted flagger system against misinformation.
US report says "so-called fact-checkers are invariably left-wing"
Only approved trusted flaggers are the comrades in the Irish Central Bank.
judiciary.house.gov/media/press-...
Public debt is not a sign of over spending it is a measurement of our failure to tax the rich.
Media has decided that public spending is too high.
Reality is there has been no increase in public spending as a share of the real economy in 10 years.
So even when you strip out multinationals, there has been no increase
And we spend the lowest amount in western Europe as a share of our economy
My word.
The Taoiseach, in China, says "platforms can be misused and abused or they can be used for positive reasons as well..." and says that should be considered carefully "before jumping to conclusions" on whether it's appropriate for the Government to be on X.
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Fine Gael has allowed bailed-out banks and vulture funds to pay almost no tax.
Maybe they also want to blame that on an individual accountant.
Ivan Yates describing online criticism of Irish media bias as "West Belfast systematic programming".
How silly of us, must have just been imagining it.
Politician and landlord with 11 properties wants you to blame people on disability for the housing crisis.
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Ireland is being made complicit in funding genocide.
Irish Central Bank gives Israel the permission it needs to sell war bonds across the EU. No other central.
Sinn Féin legislation - Israeli War bonds Bill - will pull the plug on these war bonds.
Government must back this bill
#speirghorm
🇵🇸 The Irish government must stop allowing Ireland to be used to fund Israel’s genocide in Palestine.
Mary Lou McDonald and I are introducing a Bill that will force the government to end the sale of Israeli war bonds through the Irish Central Bank.
#SpéirGhorm #speirgorm #gaza
Musk must not like the UN coordinating countries to properly tax corporations and billionaires
Pure spin. Housing budget last year was 5.1 billion. With this "additional" funding the budget in 2025 will be 5.1 billion.
www.thejournal.ie/additional-h...
All the text is in the thread instead
Thread: Important article on the status of trans people in Ireland by Jenny Maguire, President of Trinity College Students’ Union. Jenny is one of my heroines & a major voice in civil society.
“I'm trans, but few politicians would now utter that word, let alone advocate for us” #SpeirGorm #LGBTQ
Government clashing over hosuing policy.
Fine Gael want to maintain the housing shortage to enrich a small group people.
Fianna Fáil want to promote rampant property specualtion to enrich a small group of people.
EVs sales up 20 percent.
Tesla not in the top 10
Public libraries are amazing!
Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library?
Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?
Meanwhile his vice president is in Europe lecturing us about free speech
Number of people in the media arguing the only way to reduce rents is to increase rents is wild
#SpéirGhorm
Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael have decided to throw renters to the wolves and take the side of the vulture funds.
Renters right across the country are already being fleeced, they simply cannot afford further rent hikes.
We will continue to fight the Government on this.
#SpéirGhorm
We need to end the sweetheart deals and finally tax real estate investment funds
Instead, the Taoiseach is boosting their share price talking about scraping rent pressure zones
Sacrificing renters to investment funds will not solve the housing crisis
#SpéirGorm
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
The CSO clearly flagged all year that they were not going to get close to 40,000.
There is only one reason to ignore the Central Statistics Office.
www.thejournal.ie/housing-deli...
Simon Harris asked to admit he misled the public on housing figures in the elections
He responded by saying there is 'good momentum' in house building
And, the parties that formed the government with independents won a clear majority
So that's a hard doubling down on misleading then
#speirgorm
Ireland has a role to play on the international stage - We led the way when we opposed apartheid in South Africa and we can now lead the way again by prohibiting imports from occupied territories.
#SpéirGorm #Palestine #OccupiedTerritoriesBill #SpéirGhorm #Gaza
So they blatantly lied about housing delivery and about the occupied territories bill.
#speirgorm
Micheál Martin clearly rattled in the Dáil today, claiming he didn't mislead the public on housing figures during the election
