Speaking after Fianna Fáil TD Thomas Byrne reeled out a succession of policies borrowed wholesale from Fine Gael on the Pat Kenny show this morning, Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo [...]
COUNTING CHICKENS – RED C/SBP Poll
You know the proverb – Don’t count your chickens before the eggs have hatched – anyway, I couldn’t resist it last night. I sat down with my Nealon’s Guide and worked [...]
This 'bitter pill' was not medicine, it was poison
This article was originally published in yesterday’s Sunday Independent. UP UNTIL last week, the only people who had actually felt the impact of recession were those who lost their [...]
Key Budget measure undermined by big hike in public sector staff
Image via WikipediaPublic sector exempt from Lenihan’s call to patriotism New figures showing a big hike in public sector employment this year give lie to the Government’s Budget proposals [...]
Quangos: 41 down, 400 to go
Unreformed FÁS to retain budget of €1 billion Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has welcomed the Government’s decision to copy and paste Fine Gael’s own policy published [...]
Q&A last night
The RTÉ website has Questions and Answers show I was on last night up on their website today. It can be accessed here. Other panelists were Minister Barry Andrews, Dearbhail [...]
Q&A tonight
I’ll be on Q&A tonight on RTÉ One at half ten. If you’d like to make a comment during the show, their comment line is 1850 584 984 or by [...]
Govt fingered on competitiveness as Ireland languishes in 22nd place
Govt fingered on competitiveness as Ireland languishes in 22nd place – Varadkar The World Economic Forum has pointed the finger of blame firmly at the Fianna Fáil Government for [...]
Banks must pass on €1.3m daily saving from interest rate cut
Image via WikipediaBorrowers deserve full benefit of lower interest rate Fine Gael Enterprise Spokesman Leo Varadkar TD has called for the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 0.5% interest rate cut to [...]
D15 Newsletter
Image via WikipediaI sent out a constituency newsletter on Monday, to various constituents whose emails I have, providing an update on various activities in the Dublin 15 area. If you’d [...]