The Minister seems to have quite a refined ability to not be aware of things that other people seem quite certain have been brought to her attention repeatedly.
EXCLUSIVE: "I told her personally" - An ex-Fine Gael Justice Minister said that in 2023 he privately raised a number of controversial books with then-Education Minister Norma Foley, including "What's the T?", telling Gript "I even named the books for her":https://t.co/5MldGKgw6R
Nearly six years ago I reported - in what I believe was my first investigative piece - on animal cruelty in Ashton Dog Pound. Sydney Nagle, the vet on call at the pound, finally found himself before a fitness to practice committee yesterday. @fatima_gunning reported.
Former pound volunteer weeps hearing details of animal mistreatment at fitness to practice hearing of vet linked to the now disgraced Ashton Pound, where dog was left “dying” for days.
https://t.co/fqVB58mH7V
Matt has spent a considerable amount of time on this story, and I think very much deserves credit for what was happening in Brittas becoming more widely known.
Committing to a story like this, over months, is only made possible by our subscribers, who we are deeply grateful to.
MATT TREACY on the court ruling on BRITTAS : Justice Humphreys delivered a damning decision on the dwellings constructed without planning permission - criticising “the almost unbelievable chutzpah of the developers who even now claim “innocent mistake".
https://t.co/0r2MSZbV49
It was nice to see the Irish Times confirm that Gript has thousands of paying subscribers.
I'd prefer that hadn't been due to Gript's financial data, and my own private emails to John, being leaked to them - the most likely source of said leak being obvious - but such is life.
So far Aontu are getting absolutely bodied in Dublin Central. Multiple boxes with a single vote for Smyth. The day may improve but it's looking like the sort of result which should cause a very serious internal discussion.
@Poachy51@John_360__ The problem is expectations and internal options. FF have been beaten down by Martin so thoroughly that half them are thanking him for keeping them alive, and O'Callaghan is determined to miss his shot. SF expects to win, and they have competent alternatives to Mary Lou.