Saturday 20 April, 2019
There was no Celtic Tiger for the poor and disadvantaged in the first place. Looking at these statistics then these people are much worse now than they ever were. In particular having to deal with a right wing government
The 2016 Deprivation Index, which is deemed to be a more detailed view of how the economy is performing, was published yesterday.
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TODAY MARKS 70 years since Ireland officially became a republic.
At midnight on 18 April 1949, Ireland officially left the British Commonwealth and became a Republic.
But while a number of countries around the world celebrate the anniversaries on which they gained independence or became a republic, Ireland doesn’t do either.
Leo Varadkar has previously raised the possibility of having a Republic Day, while it’s also been suggested that the day would not even need to be a public holiday.
So today we’re asking: Should Ireland mark the anniversary of the day when it became a Republic?
Poll Results:
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REPLIES
@Paul Coughlan: There were plenty of ghost housing estates though…
@Paul Coughlan: there is no right wing party in the Dáil
@Paul Coughlan: More worrying Paul is What is the alternative??
@Gerry Murphy: we need to figure out this out.
FG/FF/LAB have failed Ireland though.