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I will be voting No in the upcoming referendum re. The Care Amendment
These are my reasons why:
1. This amendment will bring no tangible change to the life of actual carers
2. It places the..
It blows my mind that some people actually really genuinely support the idea of males being permitted to compete in the women’s category. If you told me twenty years ago that this would happen in the future, I wouldn’t have believed you.
Meanwhile, on a bus in Galway, 20+ excited Spanish students got on and instantly killed the silence with their exuberance. Two American tourists, who were seated behind me, commented that “it’s lovely to hear the locals speaking Gaelic”. I said nothing.
Niall Collins is refusing to address a second unusually high driving expenses claim – where he said he drove almost 3,000 kilometres in a month when the Dáil wasn’t sitting and his diary suggests just 170 kilometres of driving for ministerial work.
https://t.co/KvM6S6Cj4y
Update to our earlier story ⬇️. A spokesperson for Catherine Martin’s department confirmed last night that she has repaid €1,140 worth of ministerial mileage expenses.
@AineWaterford@rte She also flew to the west coast of the USA to present some awards, on St.Patrick's Day.
Same awards could have been presented in Ireland.
Carbon footprint is very selective.
The Green Party's Catherine Martin says her unusually high driving expenses claim for August 2021, with the Dáil in recess, has been 'rectified'.
When questioned by The Ditch, Martin's department said this was down to 'an administrative error'.
https://t.co/2GmQmFY1n2
High Mileage Club 1: Niall Collins's August 2022 (Dáil in recess) expenses claimed his ministerial duties involved driving 6,000+ kilometres – more than twice what the average taxi driver covers.
His official diary suggests just over 900 kilometres
https://t.co/m6Fkg0sD4m
@conisme That seems to be the question that no one can answer or is able to answer.
It appears very peculiar that no contract appears to have been signed for 3 years.