Tuesday 23 April, 2019
Wasn’t this part of Sinn Féin’s budget proposal? The same proposal Fine Gael accused of being economically illiterate? And now the follow it to the exact word? The mind boggles. Here’s hoping it’s invested correctly and efficiently. The economy needs a good kick-start.
The final €6 billion left in National Pensions Reserve Fund is to be used to boost employment, says Richard Bruton TD.
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A PARADE BY “revolutionary republican party” Saoradh on Dublin’s O’Connell Street on Saturday was criticised by a number of government ministers yesterday.
The group had defended the actions of those responsible for the killing of Lyra McKee in Derry and marched in military fatigues in Dublin less than two days after her death.
Saoradh’s march was part of its Easter Rising commemorations and it did not require a permit because the attendance was less than 5,000 people.
There have however been calls from some politicians for greater regulation of such assemblies, with justice minister saying people were “sickened” by the presence of “paramilitary uniforms”
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‘Was I traumatised? I don’t know – back then you just had to get on with it,’ writes Ava Stapleton.
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expect a few well staffed FG \ LAB supporter quangos on the back of this!
Actually this was part of the FG manifesto in the last election.
“There’s always money in the National Pension Reserve Fund” is pretty much the mantra for every political party in Ireland. Sinn Féin were certainly not the first to come up with that.
If you look at Sinn Féin’s proposals (which are here http://www.sinnfein.ie/files/2012/SF-Jobs-Doc-web.pdf, ) they’re proposing €13billion in stimulus of which only €5.8billion would come from the NPRF. It’s the other €7.2 billion (money from the European Investment Bank and private investors) that comes from less certain sources and so doesn’t really add up.