Varadkar welcomes Thomas Byrne’s wholesale adoption of FG policies

29. 10. 2008

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

27. 10. 2008

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

27. 10. 2008

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

20. 10. 2008

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

15. 10. 2008

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

14. 10. 2008

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

13. 10. 2008

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

9. 10. 2008

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

8. 10. 2008

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

8. 10. 2008

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 [...]