Day 4
#FuelProtest ⛽️
Tanaiste, @SimonHarrisTD on #sixone 10/04/26
Why were the protesters refused access to the meeting today ?
Your own TD, Peter Roche has said that he is disappointed that these protesters were not allowed in.
Why were the protesters refused access to the meeting today ?
#CostofLivingCrisis #FuelPrices
Today I had lunch with twelve young Irish people -- a wonderful bunch in their early 20s working on rockets, biotech, software/AI, etc. I enquired about whether any were planning on leaving Ireland over the next 3 years. All hands but one went up. I asked the holdout why he was staying; he clarified that he was also going to leave, just not in the next three years.
Mobility is a wonderful thing, but it feels worrisome if everyone in such a group concludes that they ought to emigrate.
This desire seems to generalize. A 2023 study suggested that more young people want to leave Ireland than any other EU country.