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NOVEMBER 8th? 15th?
The day after Halloween…
Rumours about a November election date, which had been swirling for months, have only intensified in the wake of last week’s giveaway budget.
Simon Harris – who is still on his Washington visit after meeting with Joe Biden in the Oval Office yesterday – was asked again this afternoon whether any surprise announcements might be the offing in the coming days or weeks.
At least one thing is clear – in spite of some talk that he might deign to head to the Áras as soon as he gets off the plane tomorrow (and upend the rest of the Budget legislation in the process) he promised there would be “no tarmac announcements” at Dublin Airport.
Asked when the nation might reasonably expect to be heading to the polls, he again stressed that essential budget legislation – like the social welfare and finance bills – still had to be passed.
The Taoiseach also reiterated that he’d like to see new Government housing targets set and added that he’d “also been clear I’d like to see the mental health and defamation legislation significantly progressed”.
Harris also said he will speak to his Government colleagues in the weeks ahead about pushing through the final pieces of legislation before ending its term.
Harris added that he would be keeping in contact with his coalition partners Micheál Martin and Roderic O’Gorman on the issue, and that when he does make that trip to the Phoenix Park “I will do so in a manner that doesn’t come as any surprise to my coalition colleagues”.
The manner in which he informs his coalition partners will be “respectful”.
“I will engage with my coalition colleagues, and then we’ll all move forward together,” he added.
Taoiseach Simon Harris addressing students of Georgetown University in Washington DC.
— Christina Finn (@christinafinn8) October 10, 2024
He speaks of the centenary of the US recognising Ireland as a state, stating it was a ‘declaration of Ireland’s existence’. pic.twitter.com/UwzuTPkuZb
“I’ve consistently said, as I’ve heard the other coalition leaders say, that we want the government to finish its work, want the government to end well,” he added.
“The determination as to when the work is finished and how the government ends well is something that I will discuss with my coalition colleagues in the weeks ahead,” Harris said.
‘Lots done more to do’ appeared to be the message as he ended his latest doorstep with Irish reporters, following a Q&A with students at Georgetown University.
“A busy number of days and weeks ahead,” Harris insisted.
“We have a lot of work to get done.”
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Good response, don’t allow the guy to become a martyer.
They said the same about Bin Laden.
They also did the same with Che Guevara. Cut him up and scattered him so there would be no grace to worship. Well that didn’t work out so well did it!
*grave
May he rot in hell .
Roast?
He didn’t deserve to be buried in European soil. He’s body should have been cremated and the ashes flushed down the toilet like sewage!!
They wouldn’t do that to a crisis actor.
Exactly.Considering most muslim leaders have said his actions were unislamic I dont think anyone would have minded if he was not afforded a muslim burial.Being buried in an unmarked grave might sound bad to non muslims but its standard practice in Islam.The late Saudi king will be buried in an unmarked grave later today.
It was a great idea to bury him with his ass sticking out of the ground, outside a Synagogue, – for Jews to park their bikes.
What an incredibly bizarre statement.
I am quite intrigued by your creativity.
Bizarre, creative, – thank you…
- the ultimate compliments…
Perverse
his body should have been put on the plane to Mali and let them worry about it
I guess with an unmarked grave this piece of trash won’t get his virgins and paradise after all. All he got was an unmarked piece of rotten soil no good for even growing on. He got his just deserts.
And yet they refused to bury a baby last week…
Great point Charles !
A particular cemetery refused. Not the whole country.
Should have been fed to a load of pigs
Will the leaders of the West who were responsible for the Libyan intervention and the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent civilians, not just a few, will they be buried in unmarked graves?
Big difference between collateral damage and intentionally setting out to kill innocent people.
Whilst I am no America basher or tin foil hat wearer, just a history enthusiast, there are countless cases of Americans targeting civilians purposely, especially in the Vietnam war. Although most of it was probably never sanctioned from the top, it certainly did happen. Look up the Mai Lai massacre for one example. Unbelievable that the commanding office of the unit involved in that massacre is now a senator.
Some really classy comments here on this story. Makes one wonder and despair in equal measure.
Should have left the carcass in a field and let the wildlife feed off it.
Sorry two weeks ago.
Throw his remains to some starving dogs
Burning in Hell… What more could evil people deserve… He was autopsied too and might have been shot by a police woman…
Should’ve just tossed him into the sea for the crabs to chew on
Burn the fecca
He would be accepted in Dundalk.
Wanna qualify that statement Tap?
He won’t. He always makes weird little comments then runs off without trying to back them up.
@tap you are a thick ignoramus out looking for attention, get a life and act your age!
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