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EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
112: The number of UK constituencies that voted in favour of Brexit that would now vote to remain in the EU.
80: The number of Leaving Cert results that have been withheld due to suspicions of cheating.
€16 million: The cost of the new transfer facility at Dublin Airport that will cater for passengers connecting between flights.
47th: The ranking of Irish stew in International Travel Guide’s new ‘Ultimate Eatlist’, which lists the top 500 culinary experiences globally.
8: The percentage of rental properties that are available within rent supports, according to a Simon Communities study.
76: The age at which the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin died at.
€971.65: The fine that a Tipperary Library has waived for a book returned 53 years late.
€44.78: The overtime that members of the Defence Forces who carry out extra duties during the papal visit will receive for each 24-hour period they work.
200: The number of news organisations that have come together in the US to launch a campaign aimed at countering Donald Trump’s narrative and highlighting the importance of a free press.
7: The number of Leaving Cert students that got eight H1s in their results this week.
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Phil Hogan was the biggest disaster of all times in politics & brought more misery on every individual & household in this country.
@Windy Atlantic Way: how did this ‘misery’ he caused manifest itself?
@alphanautica: Hogan was told “be the face of austerity and we will reward you kindly”. Then Enda gave the job to the best up and coming TD Labour had to offer to pick up the pieces. From Fine Gael’s perspective, it was a genius move.
@Windy Atlantic Way: Hogan and the rest of the kenny government are traitors to this republic for selling out the country to the EU and US capitalists.
@Windy Atlantic Way: We are the Fastest growing economy in Europe… they must have done something right!
@James Maloney:
An economy where banks and investors can gamble and govt guarantee they will not lose money nor tax them if they make too much. Paddy will pay.
@Ned Flanders: who told him that? Is it on the Dail record?
@mur: off course…..with any central bank the taxpayer is the guarantor when the sh** hits the fan…the real inside .investors plays both sides so he / she never loses.
@James Maloney: A very suspicious and bloated economy for sure. Would not believe a word from any FFG/labour plus the independent politicians ever again.
@Windy Atlantic Way: yes he made every comment sound like a threat a bully we can do without.
@James Maloney: at a time we have more 3rd world roads , homeless , longer hospital waiting lists , more scandal & Chief executives resigning due to corruption & well rewarded for their wrongdoing , cervical scandal & the list goes on . You call this “doing something right “
@Windy Atlantic Way: more jobs for rich boys.with two pension Irish and Europe.
@alphanautica: he was instrumental in setting up the corrupt, fake, utterly pointless water billing company for starters. Need We go on?
@Windy Atlantic Way:
And was rewarded with a top job and another massive pension in Europe!
@James Maloney:
Fastest growing where?
Dublin only…… step outside the Pale and there’s no jobs, no health service, no public transport and no new schools … highest homeless population in Northern Europe and no properties to rent – think you must be living in Monte Carlo and not in this bankrupt Banana republic that FF created for us!
@Ronan Sexton:
Well said! Complete muppet!
Eamonn gilmore and enda kenny heavyweights. Thanks I needed a laugh this morning
@ed w: they a heavyweights in terms of yes men.
@You Can’t Say That: If Gilmore gets elected he will rue the day he said ‘Labours way or Frankfurts way’ – clearly Frankfurt always gets its way.
Jobs for the lads hah…
Don’t care as long as that prk doesn’t come back here, surely we need an Irish ambassador in Botswana or somewhere like that
@David Carino: why do u hate the Botswanians so much??
@David Carino: the Irish envoy to Antartica
@David Carino: north Korea
Hogan could not care less… laughing at the urish taxpayers abdvoff into the sunset with a massive tax free lump sum and huge pension…
Germany’s gambling banks paid back. Ireland’s next commissioner will be bar waiter in commission. We are lost in Europe without British support. Look how easy Leo and Coveney got rolled over on border deal. Remember ” no movement until we agree terms of customs border” or was that a rehash of Kenny’s ” we have secured a seismic retrospective bank deal” and Europe laughs it’s head off at our amateur politicians who think the three letter word “yes” has more power than the two letter word “no”.
To show the level of interest/knowledge of the EU it would be revealing to find out how many Irish citizens know the names of our MEPs, Commissioners names, the various sections of admin, President of the Parliament etc. How many of our younger population even know anything about Phil Hogan?
At a crucial time like Brexit we should send a protest candidate to better shoot ourselves in the foot, like Bosco or Dustin.
Or maybe one of the lads who blocked Apple from investing in Athenry needs a new gig.
@alphanautica: Its the governments fault that Apple didn’t invest in Athenry. They have had years to fix the planning process and did, guess what, Zero. And that is because they have to get permission from the real power brokers in this country, the landowners and developers.
Jesus we are sunk if ends Kenny and givememore Gilmore are our best bets. Why not throw gambling Bertie’s hat in there as well. Yes men the lot of them. Can we vote for Hungary ‘s or Polish meps .
Just replace him because hes an ignorant man.no other reason
We don’t have any elite politicians to send to Brussels. We just have a bunch of incompetent clueless amateurs as seen from all of our crisies.
@Adrian: not strictly true. MEP Mairead Mcguinness is one of the most respected MEPs in the EP, and is first vice president of the European Parliament. She has proved an exceptional performer in agriculture, medical devices and the disability sectors, and has represented Ireland well. She would be the ideal nominee, but they won’t nominate her.
My guess is they’ll send Kenny, not in any way as good a candidate but at least he has some European experience and won’t flounder for the first twelve months like some of our earlier nominees.
@Adrian:
We could send Jedward????
The author is deluded.
Hogan, gilmore and kenny would be better directing traffic for the hi season in Tayto park.
Three os the most self serving con men Ireland has ever seen.
One of the Healy-Rae’s.
@wattsed: & kerry would become the new ireland
@wattsed:
The wealthiest TD landlords in the country apparently….. cure Kerry ho*rs!!
“International affairs unit of the labour party”
Is that a new version of tinder?
Put him on a water board ! Guantanamo bay style, trickle trickle Hogan
Alan Kelly would be the ideal man for the job.
@Gerry Ryan: I’m not sure if you’re being serious, but you’re right. Alan Kelly is tough enough to do the job.
In fairness to hogan, he was pretty good as agriculture commissioner.
@John Mulligan: I’m serious alright but my reasons might be different to yours.
@Gerry Ryan: lol
Irish ministers in government are only lipservants to brussels. just look at all the health ministers down through the years for instance. they are well looked after with well paid jobs in the EU. and we still vote for the FF/FG cartel.
He’ll be back in time for the next general election so then
I want an elected commissioner. It’s insane that the most powerful job goes to someone unelected. And we get to elect the daily and cc and MEP who actually can’t pass important legislation unless the EU commission ok it.
This t urd of a human still stinking up the place.
We the EU Commission as a dumping ground for Toxic Wasters. Gets them off our TVs —- why o why didn’t we dump Bertie and Lowery while we were at it.
Send him to Israel, he would be the boy to sort that lot
Yes, orher countries send their best and intelegent people but we send either soneone whos a threat to a party leader like McCreevy was to Bertie, or an incompetant party loylist, or a disastrous “Bull in a China Shop” like Hogan . Reward them for failure serms to be Irish government policy ?!
It will probably be given to an FG TD in a safe FG seat to ensure an FG victory in the resultant bye-election.
What’s with all this “we” must choose…. waffle in the article?? The people of Ireland did not choose Phil Hogan to represent them, no more than any country’s people are choosing the members of the Elite circle of EU Commissioners. We are being fed the illusion that the representatives are of our choosing, when that is clearly not the case. It seems that we must all bow to the whims of our EU masters regardless. It is little more than dictatorship dressed up as democracy. Luke Ming Flanagan exposed the so called liberties of the EU city several times. Freedom of choice only exists as long as you choose what the EU elites want. Else you will be forced to comply without question. Our country being forced to pay unsecured Bondholders to bail out elite gamblers to the tune of €70 billion is a good example of this. It’s a great pyramid system where those at the bottom pay for the extravagances of those at the top. However, History tells us that it will all crumble one day.
enda kenny – a heavyweight?
@Christopher Nethercoat: Paper.
Our morons send absolute phuckwits like Hogan to get them out of the way.
And sure there was me thinking Big Phil is great. LOL Traditionally we sent all the good boys and girls in class out there to be Mollied with money,limos and seven course dinners. Many Britains are fed up subsidizing it along with immigration that’s why they voted to leave
The EU is a bankers IMF joke for buy out scenarios and jobs for pals of pals, that is what the EU is now…
Kenny and Gilmore two failures at home, both only suitable for a post as ambassador to North Korea or some other outback, but not as EU Commissioner. An ideal female for the role would be the former President Mary McAleese, she would fairly put manners on the gang in Brussels.
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