Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

So what? What consultation is required, it's just a thinly veiled buzzword for those who think they should have a veto over who moves into their area, no one gets to decide that in a free country.

You've long said your area is nigh on 50% migrants, do you think you should have been consulted beforehand?

You are correct, all of the right-wing idiots talk about consultation and services. Some politicians like MLMD are now dog-whistling to that agenda.

Yes, they are, and they have been, but it is the racists and the dog-whistlers who are saying that there hasn't been enough, which is code for we don't want them here. MLMD is playing to that far-right agenda, Eamon Ryan isn't.

You have proven my point with your contribution.

The Irish times can contradict the guy on Callan yes

Clearly he wasn't aware of meetings in March and April

Since those did actually happen,he is not correct to say there was zero consultation

That being said,consulting anywhere at this stage will get a No but we still have obligations to accomadate these migrants untill they are processed

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2024/07/17/information-vacuum-allowed-far-right-to-stoke-coolock-fears/

Mary Lou was stupid not to have figures this morning,pure stupid,she needed them to properly argue the case for hiring more inspectors

Wishy washy policy documents a transition year student could write and get low marks for,are a stupid idea period

Probably designed to waffle their way out of a dilemma posed by the tricolour usurping far right but do ya know it's going to do the opposote for SF,What on earth are they at,it has to be asked

There was a meeting though

Callans guest was wrong

Callan must have missed the piece in the IT in his paper review

The worrying thing is most of the actors in the protests are usually in SF's voter pool not the governments

Ergo I would argue SF would want to be doing a lot better than todays miserable effort to placate them towards SF being the answer

And it was miserable

You're obsessed with every criticism of SF's slipshod performance handling the flag usurpers hijacking of the vote being a request for it to go far right

Weak waffle today,with no specifics,who in SF's offices came up with that strategy?

Who is going to be the clever one here SF or the likes of II ?

Here is a link to the interview if anyone wants to listen. Starts around 1 minute in.

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/today-with-claire-byrne/2024/0724/1461562-today-with-claire-byrne-wednesday-24-july-2024/

Brian Cowen's early morning infamous interview seems sensible compared to this.

The desperation is very clear here.
Cowen's interview had every single opposition party and even his own party in uproar for days if not weeks.
Seems to me another female TD complaining about her treatment by an arrogant agenda driven journalist is today's news.

Maybe MLMD's term is coming to an end but comparing her to a drunken FFer is a bit cringe tbh.

She does Brendan, the host was smug, rude and didn't allow her answer…you could call him an 'attack dog' in fact. Guess who said this about him in the past?

Fair play to Darragh O’Brien.....ripped out Boucher Hayes a new one.

maybe if I got good odds on Oliver Callan the ‘sultan of Shill’or  Boucher Hayes, the ‘Sultan of Smug’ I might risk a brown note..

 Boucher Hayes and his attack dog Lenihan spend the last 15 mins trying to pour shade on the Government. Ok they are making a bollox of things but absolutely no balance....

Boucher Hayes for me comes across as an over smug individual

Yes, it was YOU Brendan. Seems all the attributes you complain about are useful when it comes to having a go at the Shinners.

If Government produce a policy you see the cost in the next budget when its implemented. Take the RTE funding, they have produced a three year funding model so it's there for all to see.

SF expects to produce policy documents with no funding costs or predictions. 800 extra PS will cost 50 million and that is only the tip of the iceberg. Government build accommodation probably another 3-5 billion. This is similar to there housing policy it targeted at those that have no grasp of economics. There goes any extra tax relief for workers for the next 5 years. Not only that the more you look at there policies you are looking at significant tax rises to fund them

MLMD taught she should be allowed to maje a party political broadcast

Nobody has been able to produce a policy on immigration with 'costs' produced by any of the parties vying to be the next government.
I would sincerely hope that government spending (a different thing to what was asked for) would be included in actual budgets.

It's almost like she's been spending too much time listening to their online trolls. She's reached the point of taking offence if someone dares to question her

He may be 'impartial' but that doesn't excuse his overbearing and rude behaviour.

Again, he gave no chance for the interviewee to properly respond, made statements on behalf of the government he point blank refused to allow a proper reply to.

If you think it is a journalist's job to do that then you are part of the problem tbh. Imagine it in reverse - a journalist makes a statement on behalf of SF or The Labour party and refuses to allow that be contested…you'd be chatting about Pravda or such like.
BTW I have no great like for Catherine Martin's tenure as Arts Minister but I can appreciate her criticism of a screaming journalist intent on driving home his agenda.

Is there any evidence of you complaining when its not a SF person on the receiving end?

We cannot be pots and kettles here

I think he's an arsè by the way